Leaving Cert Physics: Light & Optics questions

Geometrical optics and the wave nature of light, syllabus section 6 (Light).

68 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.

Light & Optics question pack

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2025 · 4 questions

Q656 marks

mechanics, electrostatics, nuclear physics

Q1456 marks

simple harmonic motion, radioactivity, electric fields

2024 · 3 questions

Q1356 marks

spectroscopy

Q1456 marks

energy conservation, radioactive decay

2023 · 3 questions

Q240 marks

experiment

Q340 marks

waves, wavelength, experiment

Q656 marks

mechanics, electricity, nuclear physics

2022 · 2 questions

Q340 marks

experiment

Q1356 marks

waves, gravitation

2021 · 3 questions

Q1456 marks

simple harmonic motion, doppler effect, photoelectric effect

Show 6 earlier years (2015 to 2020)

2020 · 3 questions

Q556 marks

gas laws, mechanics, nuclear physics

Q1156 marks

atomic structure, cathode rays, bohr model

2019 · 3 questions

Q1056 marks

stationary waves

Q1256 marks

circular motion, semiconductors, particle physics

2018 · 4 questions

Q340 marks

wavelength

Q956 marks

magnetic field, electromagnetic induction

Q1156 marks

satellites

2017 · 4 questions

Q756 marks

doppler effect

Q956 marks

rutherford experiment, atomic structure, emission spectra

Q1156 marks

magnetic force on a conductor, the ampere, satellites

Q1256 marks

equilibrium, moments, radioactivity

2016 · 3 questions

Q556 marks

power and energy, capacitance, particle physics

Q1156 marks

wavelength, photon energy, emission spectra

2015 · 3 questions

Q340 marks

wavelength

Q656 marks

gravitation, satellites, circular motion

Q1256 marks

newton's laws, thermometry, radioactivity

Light & Optics question pack

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2025 · 3 questions

Q340 marks

experiment

Q856 marks

sound, waves

2024 · 3 questions

Q240 marks

experiment

Q1456 marks

newton's laws, semiconductors, static electricity

2022 · 4 questions

Q240 marks

experimental methods

Q1356 marks

astronomy, gravity

Q1456 marks

energy, moments, radioactivity

Show 6 earlier years (2015 to 2020)

2020 · 3 questions

Q240 marks

experiment

Q956 marks

waves, sound, doppler effect

2019 · 3 questions

Q340 marks

experiment

Q1056 marks

electron, cathode ray tube, x-rays

Q1156 marks

passage question

2018 · 4 questions

Q556 marks

short questions, mechanics, electricity

Q1056 marks

modern physics, x-rays, electrons

Q1256 marks

mechanics, specific heat capacity, electromagnetic induction

2017 · 2 questions

2016 · 3 questions

Q240 marks

experiment

Q756 marks

waves, sound

Q1156 marks

passage question

2015 · 3 questions

Q340 marks

experiment

Q556 marks

short questions, gravitation, electricity

Q1256 marks

moments, resistance, electromagnetic induction

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