O Level Physics 5054, topic 3.2.4
Dispersion of light: past paper questions
6 Cambridge O Level Physics 5054 questions on Dispersion of light (3.2.4) from 6 papers, 2023 to 2025. Mostly multiple choice. Open the paper or try a question free.
Practising builds a set from this topic, free with an account. One question opens straight away, with no account.
- Questions
- 6
- Papers
- 6
- Years
- 2023 to 2025
- Total marks
- 13
- Average per question
- 2.2 marks
- Largest question
- 8 marks
By type: Multiple choice 5 · Structured 1
How hard the questions are
- Recall1
- Apply2
- Analyse0
- Not banded3
Derived from the command word Cambridge prints in each question, banded by a fixed table beside the syllabus's own definitions. A question printing no command word is unbanded: unknown, not middling.
Command words
- showApply2 questions
- drawApply1 question
- listRecall1 question
- stateRecall1 question
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Where the questions come from
By year
- 20252
- 20243
- 20231
By session
- May/June4
- Oct/Nov2
By paper
- Paper 15
- Paper 21
Questions on this topic
Showing 5 of 6, spread across the years. Open one to write your answer and have it marked.
- Try this questionQuestion 20Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Multiple choice1 mark
The following lists show colours of the spectrum.
- Try this questionQuestion 4Oct/Nov 2024, paper 21Structured8 marksHas a diagram
A student directs a beam of white light from a filament lamp towards a glass prism in a dark room. Fig. 4.1 shows the beam of white light incident on the left-hand side of the glass prism. A screen is placed to the right of the glass prism.
- Try this questionQuestion 22May/June 2023, paper 11Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram
The diagram shows white light entering a prism.
- Try this questionQuestion 24May/June 2025, paper 12Multiple choice1 mark
Which statement about red light and violet light is correct?
- Try this questionQuestion 25May/June 2024, paper 12Multiple choice1 mark
The colour of visible light is related to the wavelength of the light. Which list of colours is in order of increasing wavelength?