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Junior Cycle Applied Technology: History of technology

How often History of technology comes up on the Applied Technology papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026.

History of technology, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on History of technology.

(a)Elisha Otis's 1850s invention that made people trust lifts was?
  1. Lifts powered by electric motors
  2. A safety brake that grips the rails
  3. Lifts with glass walls
(b)Henry Ford is famous for using the moving assembly line to?
  1. Make the first working television
  2. Build the first aeroplane
  3. Mass-produce affordable cars
(c)John Logie Baird is known for early work on which invention?
  1. Television
  2. The light bulb
  3. The telephone
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(a) A safety brake that grips the rails

(b) Mass-produce affordable cars

(c) Television

Your turn: Common Level questions on History of technology.

Common Level

Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q1a(iii), Q1a(iv), Q2a(i)
2025Not asked
2024Not asked
2023Not asked
2022Q2h(i), Q2h(ii)

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More History of technology questions

History of technology, 2 marks

Which invention powered factories, trains and ships in the Industrial Revolution?

  1. The petrol engine
  2. The electric motor
  3. The steam engine
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The steam engine

Steam engines burned coal to boil water, and the steam drove pistons. James Watt's improvements made them efficient enough to power mills, railways and ships.

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