MCQ’S of The Human Eye and The colourful world

1. The human eye forms the image of an object at its:

(a) cornea (d) iris (c) pupil (d) retina
2. The change in focal length of an eye – lens is caused by the action of the:
(a) pupil (b) retina (c) ciliary muscles (d) iris
3. The least distance of distinct vision for a young adult with normal vision is about:
(a) 2 5cm (b) 2.5 cm (c) 25 cm (d) 2.5 cm
4. Refraction of light in the eye occurs at:
(a) the lens only (b) the cornea only
(c) both the cornea and the lens (d) the pupil
5. To focus the image of a nearby object on the retina of an eye:
(a) the distance between eye- lens and retina is increased
(b) the distance between eye- lens and retina decreased

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(c) the thickness of eye- lens is decreased
(d) the thickness of eye – lens is increased
6. The term “accommodation “ as applied to the eye, refers to its ability to:
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(a) control the light intensity falling on the retina
(b) erect the inverted image formed on the retina
(c)vary the focal length of the lens
(d) very the distance between the lens and retina
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7. Which of the following controls the amount of light entering the eye?
(a) ciliary muscles (b) lens (c) iris (d) cornea
8. The human eye possesses the power of accommodation. This is the power to:
(A) alter the diameter of the pupil as the intensity of light changes
(b) distinguish between lights of different colours
(c) focus on objects at different distances
(d) decide which of the two objects is closer
9. How does the eye change in order to focus on near or distant objects?
(a) the lens moves in or out (b) the retina moves in or out
(c) the lens becomes thicker or thinner (d) the pupil gets larger or smaller
10. Which of the following changes occur when you walk out of bright sunshine into a poorly lit
room?
(a) the pupil becomes larger (b) the lens becomes thicker
(c) the ciliary muscles relaxes (d) the pupil becomes smaller
11. The size of the pupil of the eye is adjusted by:
(a) cornea (b) ciliary muscles (c) optic nerve (d) iris

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12. The human eye can focus objects at different distances by adjusting the focal length of the
eye- lens .This is due to:
(a) presbyopia (b)accommodation (c) near sightedness (d) far sightedness
13. The defect of vision which cannot be corrected by using spectacles is:
(a) myopia (b) presbyopia (c) cataract (d) hypermetropia
14. A person cannot see the distant objects clearly ( though he can see the nearby objects clearly)
.He is suffering from the defect of vision called:
(a) cataract (b) hypermetropia (c) myopia (d) presbyopia
15. Though a women can see the distant objects clearly, she cannot see the nearby objects
clearly. She is suffering from the defect of vision called:
(a) long- sight (b) short - sight (c) hind -sight (d) mid-sight
16. A young man has to hold a book at arm’s length to be able t read it clearly. The defect of
vision is:
(a) astigmatism (b) myopia (c) presbyopia (d) hypermetropia
17. After testing the eyes of a child, the optician has prescribed the following lenses for his
spectacles:
Left eye : + 2.00 D Right eye : + 2.25 D
The child is suffering from the defect of vision called:
(a) short-sightedness
(c) cataract
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(d) presbyopia
18. A person got his eyes tested. The optician’s prescription for the spectacles reads:
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Left eye : - 3.00 D Right eye : - 3.50 D
The person is having a defect of vision called:
(a) presbyopia (b) myopia (c) astigmatism (d) hypermetropia
19. A student sitting on the last bench in the class cannot read the writing on the blackboard
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clearly but he can read the book lying on his desk clearly .Which of the following statements is
correct about the student?
(a) the near point of his eyes has receded away
(b) the near point of his eye has come closer to him
(c) the far point of his eyes has receded away
(d) the far point of his eyes has come closer to him
20. A man driving a car can read a distant road sign clearly but finds difficulty in reading the
odometer on the dashboard of the car. Which of the following statements is correct about this
man?
(a)the near point of his eyes has receded away
(b) the near point of his eyes has come closer to him
(c) the far point of his eyes has receded away
(d) the far point of his eyes has come closer to him
21. The defect of vision in which the eye-lens of a person gets progressively cloudy resulting in
blurred vision is called:
(a) myopia (b) presbyopia (c) colourblindness (d) cataract

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22. A person cannot see distant objects clearly. His vision can be corrected by using the spectacles
containing:
(A) concave lenses (b) plane lenses (c) contact lenses (d) convex lenses
23. A person finds difficulty in seeing nearby objects clearly. His vision can be corrected by using
spectacles containing:
(a) converging lenses (b) diverging lenses (c) prismatic lenses (d) chromatic lenses
24. The animal which does not have eyes that look sideways is:
(a) horse (b) chicken (c) lion (d) fish
25. With both eyes open, a person’s field of view is about
(a) 900 (b) 1500 (c) 1800 (d) 3600
26. Having two eyes gives a person
(a) deeper field of view (b) coloured field of view
(c) rear field of view (d) wider field of view
27. The animals of prey have:
(a) two eyes at the front (b) two eyes at the back
(c) two eyes on the sides (d) one eye at the front and one on the side
28. The animals called predators have:
(a) both the eyes on the sides (b) one eye on the side and one at the front

(a) deviated
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(c) one eye on the front and one at the back

(b) dispersed
(d) both the eyes at the front
29. A beam of white light is shone into a glass prism. The light cannot be :
(c) focused (d) refracted
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30. A beam of light falls on a glass prism. The colour oflight which undergoes the least bending on
passing through the glass prism is:
(a) violet (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
31. The colour of white light which suffers the maximum bending ( or maximum refraction on
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passing through a glass prism is:

(a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) violet
32. Which of the following colour of white light is least deviated by the prism?
(a) green (b) violet (c) indigo (d) yellow
33. The splitting up of white light into seven colours on passing through a glass prism is called :
(A) refraction (b) deflection (c) dispersion (d) scattering
34. Which of the following coloured light has the least speed in glass prism?
(a) violet (B) yellow (c) red (d) green
35. The coloured light having the maximum speed in glass prism is:
(a) blue (b) green (c) violet (d) yellow
36. Which of the following colour of white light has the least wavelength?
(a) red (b) orange (c) violet (d) blue
37. Out of the following , the colour of light having the maximum wavelength is:
(a) violet (b) indigo (c) green (d) orange
38. The twinkling of starts is due to atmospheric:
(a) reflection of light (b) dispersion of light
(c) interference of light (d) refraction of light

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39. The atmospheric refraction of light causes the twinkling of:
(a) planets only (b) stars only
(c) planets& stars (d) stars and satellites
40. The stars appear higher in the sky than actually are, due to:
(a) diffraction of light (b) scattering of light
(c) refraction of light (d) reflection of light
41. The stars twinkle but the planets do not twinkle at night because
(a) the stars are small but the planets are large
(b) the stars are very large but planets are small
(c) the stars are far nearer but planets are far off
(d) the stars are far off but planets are nearer to earth
42. As light from a far off star comes down towards the earth:
(a) it bends away from the normal
(b) it bends towards the normal
(c) it does not bend at all
(d) it is reflected back
43. We can see the sun before the actual sunrise by about:
(a) 5 minutes (b) 2 minutes (c) 2 hours (d) 20 minutes

(a) 6 minutes
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44. Due to atmospheric refraction of sunlight, the time from sunrise to sunset is lengthened by
about:
(b) 2minutes (c) 4 minutes (d) 5 minutes
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45. The day is longer on the earth by about 4 minutes because :
(a) the earth is round in shape (b) the earth rotates on its axis
(c) the earth revolves around the sun (d) the earth has atmosphere
46. The blue colour of sky is due to:
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(a) refraction of light (b) dispersion of light

(c) diffraction of light (d) scattering of light
47. The red colour of the sun at the time of sunrise and sunset is because:
(a) red colour is least scattered (b) blue colour is least scattered
(c) red colour is most scattered (d) blue colour is most scattered
48. Which of the following is not caused by the atmospheric refraction of light?
(a) twinkling of stars at night
(b) sun appearing higher in the sky than it actually is
(c) sun becoming visible two minutes before actual sunrise
(d) sun appears red at sunset
49. The sky appears blue because some of the blue component of sunlight is scattered by:
(a) gas molecules present in air (b) dust particles present in air
(c) water droplets suspended in air (d) soot particles present in air
50. Sunset is red because at that time the light coming from the sun has to travel:
(a) lesser thickness of earth’s atmosphere (b)greater thickness of earth’s s atmosphere
(c) varying thickness of earth’s atmosphere (d) along the horizon

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