Leaving Cert Physics: Electricity & Magnetism questions

Static and current electricity, circuits, semiconductors, magnetism and electromagnetic induction, syllabus section 7 (Electricity), plus the Applied Electricity option folded in (motors, generators, rectifiers, transistors, logic gates).

100 past Physics questions on this topic, spanning 2015 to 2025, grouped by year. Every question opens on the exact page of the official paper, with its marking scheme beside it.

Electricity & Magnetism question pack

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2025 · 5 questions

Q656 marks

mechanics, optics, nuclear physics

Q1456 marks

simple harmonic motion, optics, radioactivity

2024 · 6 questions

Q656 marks

mechanics, waves, modern physics

Q1256 marks

particle physics

2023 · 7 questions

Q540 marks

experiment

Q656 marks

mechanics, optics, nuclear physics

Q1256 marks

particle physics

Q1356 marks

energy, circular motion

Q1456 marks

mechanics, waves, modern physics

2022 · 5 questions

Q540 marks

heat, specific heat capacity, experiment

Q1256 marks

nuclear physics, particle physics

Q1456 marks

mechanics, doppler effect, photoelectric effect

2021 · 6 questions

Q440 marks

temperature

Q656 marks

mechanics, waves, nuclear physics

Q1256 marks

x-ray tube

Q1356 marks

particle physics

Show 6 earlier years (2015 to 2020)

2020 · 5 questions

Q440 marks

graphical analysis

Q756 marks

specific heat capacity

Q956 marks

resonance, stretched string

Q1056 marks

particle physics, nuclear fission

Q1256 marks

gravitation, heat transfer, doppler effect

2019 · 5 questions

Q1156 marks

newton's laws, nuclear fission, hooke's law

Q1256 marks

circular motion, total internal reflection, particle physics

2018 · 4 questions

Q440 marks

heat, graphical analysis

Q956 marks

colour, electromagnetic spectrum

Q1056 marks

beta decay, pair annihilation, leptons

Q1256 marks

simple harmonic motion, radioactivity, photoelectric effect

2017 · 4 questions

Q440 marks

graphical analysis

Q556 marks

gas laws, momentum, thermometry

Q1156 marks

satellites, total internal reflection

2016 · 5 questions

Q556 marks

power and energy, polarisation, particle physics

Q1256 marks

conservation of momentum, doppler effect, particle physics

2015 · 4 questions

Q440 marks

temperature, graphical analysis

Q1056 marks

particle physics, beta decay

Electricity & Magnetism question pack

Every past question on this topic, taken from the official exam papers and set out for printing. Free, no sign-up.

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2025 · 4 questions

Q540 marks

experiment

Q1356 marks

comprehension

Q1456 marks

energy, doppler effect, x-rays

2024 · 4 questions

Q540 marks

temperature, experiment

Q656 marks

short questions, mechanics, waves

Q1456 marks

newton's laws, diffraction

2022 · 3 questions

Q540 marks

experimental methods

Q656 marks

mechanics, waves

2021 · 5 questions

Q656 marks

mechanics, modern physics

Q1356 marks

millikan experiment

Q1456 marks

gravitation, sound

Show 6 earlier years (2015 to 2020)

2020 · 4 questions

Q440 marks

temperature, experiment

Q556 marks

short questions, mechanics, heat

Q1256 marks

motion, temperature, radioactivity

2019 · 4 questions

Q440 marks

measurement, experiment

Q556 marks

short questions, mechanics, waves

Q1256 marks

energy, nuclear physics

2018 · 4 questions

Q440 marks

experiment

Q556 marks

short questions, mechanics, light

Q1256 marks

mechanics, electromagnetic spectrum, specific heat capacity

2017 · 5 questions

Q440 marks

temperature, experiment

Q556 marks

short questions, mechanics, waves

Q1156 marks

passage question, power

Q1256 marks

mechanics, heat, pressure

2016 · 4 questions

Q440 marks

experiment

Q556 marks

short questions, mechanics, heat

Q1256 marks

energy, nuclear physics

2015 · 4 questions

Q440 marks

experiment

Q556 marks

short questions, gravitation, optics

Q1256 marks

moments, dispersion

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