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10 Class
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CBSE Board

SUBJECT NAME
CHAPTER – 2
HUMAN EYE &
COLOURFUL WORLD
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HUMAN EYE & COLOURFUL WORLD
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Human Eye
1. The muscular diaphragm that controls the 6. The ability of eye lens to adjust its focal length
size of the pupil is: to form a sharp image, of the object at varying
(A) Cornea (B) Ciliary muscles distances, on the retina is called:
(C) Iris (D) Retina (A) Power of observation of the eye
(B) Power of adjustment of the eye
2. Having two eyes facilitates in: (C) Power of accommodation of the eye
(i) Increasing the field of view (D) Power of enabling of the eye
(ii) Bringing three-dimensional view
(iii) Developing the concept of distance/ 7. Persistence of vision in a normal human eye is:
size 1 1
The correct option is/are (A) th
of a minute (B) th of a second
16 16
(A) (i) only 1 1
(B) (i) and (ii) only (C) th
of a minute (D) th of a second
(C) (ii) only 6 6
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii)
8. The near point of an eye is 100cm. A
3. The black opening between the aqueous corrective lens is to be used to allow this eye
humour and the lens is called: to clearly focus on object 25cm in front of it.
(A) Retina (B) Iris What should be the focal length of the lens?
(C) Cornea (D) Pupil (A) 33. 33cm
(B) 33.66cm
4. Near and far points of a young person, normal (C) 36. 33cm
eye, respectively are: (D) None of the above
(A) 0 and infinity
(B) 0 and 25cm 9. The image formed on the retina of the human
(C) 25cm and infinity eye is:
(D) 25cm and 150cm. (A) Virtual and inverted
(B) Real and inverted
5. Human eye focuses image on retina by: (C) Real and erect
(A) To and fro motion of eye lens (D) Virtual and erect
(B) To and fro motion of retina
(C) Varying convexity of eye lens 10. The part of the eyes which refracts light
(D) Varying refractive index of eye fluid entering the eye from external objects?
(A) Retina (B) Cornea
(C) Iris (D) Pupil

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Defects of Vision
1. Colour vision in human eyes is the 6. Bi-focal lenses are required to correct-
function of photoreceptor cells named: (A) Astigmatism
(A) Rods (B) Cones (B) Coma
(C) Blind spot (D) Fovea (C) Myopia
(D) Presbyopia
2. The defect of vision in which person is
able to see distant object distinctly but 7. _______ cannot be corrected with
cannot see nearby objects clearly is spectacles.
called: (A) Presbyopia
(A) Long- sightedness (B) Hypermetropia
(B) Far-sightedness (C) Cataract
(C) Hypermetropia (D) Myopia
(D) All of the above
8. Where is the image formed in case of eye
3. Which of the following statements is disease Hypermetropia?
NOT correct about myopia? (A) Behind the retina
(A) The vision may be corrected with (B) In front of retina
the help of concave lens. (C) On the retina
(B) It is also known as near sightedness (D) None of the above
(C) In the affected eye, the image of a
distant object is formed beyond the 9. A person is suffering from the defect
retina astigmatism. Its main reason is:
(D) The person affected by it cannot see (A) Distance of the eye lens from retina
beyond few metres. is increased.
(B) Distance of the eye lens from retina
4. Myopia and hypermetropia can be is decreased.
corrected by: (C) The cornea is not spherical.
(A) Concave and plano-convex lens (D) Power of accommodation of the eye
(B) Concave and convex lens is decreased.
(C) Convex and concave lens
(D) Plano-concave lens for both defects. 10. ______is a kind of vision in which an
animal/human being having two eyes is
5. Excessive curvature of eye lens lead to: able to perceive the single three-
(A) Hypermetropia dimensional image of the surroundings?
(B) Colour blindness (A) Concave Vision
(C) Cataract (B) Convex Vision
(D) Myopia (C) Dim Vision
(D) Binocular Vision

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Dispersion
1. The splitting of white light into its 6. The colour which deviates most in the
component colours is called formation of spectrum of white light by a
(A) Dispersion prism is:
(B) Refraction (A) Green (B) Yellow
(C) Scattering (C) Red (D) Violet
(D) Tyndall effect
7. Which colour is least deviated by a
2. What happens when white light is passed prism?
from air to glass prism? (A) Violet colour
(A) Reflects back (B) Green colour
(B) Bends towards normal (C) Red colour
(C) Passes undeviated (D) Yellow colour
(D) Bends away from normal
8. Name the scientist who first used a glass
3. The angle between incident ray and prism to obtain the spectrum of sunlight.
emergent ray of prism is called: (A) C. V. Raman
(A) Angle of incidence (B) Lord Rayleigh
(B) Angle of emergence (C) Isaac Newton
(C) Angle of refraction (D) S. Chandrasekhar
(D) Angle of deviation
9. If a monochromatic light passes through
4. For which colour, refractive index of a glass prism, it undergoes:
glass is maximum? (A) Dispersion
(A) Yellow (B) Violet (B) Refraction
(C) Red (D) Green (C) Reflection
(D) None of the above
5. In refraction through glass prism, how
many times a ray of light undergoes 10. If refractive index of the glass prism is
refraction? increased, then deviation of light will:
(A) 4 (B) 6 (A) Decrease
(C) 3 (D) 2 (B) Increase
(C) Remains same
(D) None of the above

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Causes and Application of Dispersion
1. Why does dispersion occur when white 5. Thick lenses show chromatic aberration
light which is a mixture of seven colors due to:
passes through a glass prism? (A) total internal reflection
(B) reflection
(A) All the colors of white light travel at
(C) refraction
different speeds through a glass (D) dispersion
prism.
(B) All the colors of white light travel at 6. The optical phenomenon that is primarily
the same speed through a glass responsible for the observation of
prism. rainbow on a rainy day is:
(C) All the colors of white light (A) Diffraction
(B) Dispersion
undergoes same refraction
(C) Interference
(D) None of the above. (D) None of the above

2. Which of the following phenomena is not 7. The dispersive power of prism depends
observed in the formation of the upon:
rainbow? (A) The shape of the prism
(A) Internal reflection (B) The material of the prism
(C) The angle of the prism
(B) Dispersion
(D) Height of the prism
(C) refraction
(D) None of the above 8. When white light is passed through a
hollow prism then there is:
3. For the recombination of white light, (A) No dispersion and no deviation
secondary prism is placed: (B) Only dispersion
(A) inverted (C) Only deviation
(B) erect (D) Both dispersion and deviation
(C) parallel
9. Which of the following colour is not
(D) None of the above present in the spectrum of white light?
(A) Red (B) Indigo
4. For seeing rainbow in the sky, the Sun (C) Green (D) Cyan
should be:
(A) infront of the observer 10. Which of the following colour is least
(B) behind the observer deviated by a prism?
(C) anywhere in the sky (A) Violet (B) Green
(D) None of the above (C) Red (D) Yellow

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Scattering of Light
1. When light enters the atmosphere it 6. Clouds appear white due to:
strikes on extremely fine particle, which (A) Water droplets scatter all the
deflects the rays of light in all possible wavelengths.
directions, this is due to? (B) Water in frozen conditions looks icy
(A) Reflection of light white.
(B) Atmospheric refraction (C) Fog is formed around clouds.
(C) Scattering of light (D) All of the above
(D) Dispersion of light
7. Which colour will be observed by an
2. The phenomenon of scattering of light by astronaut travelling in space?
the colloidal particles is known as: (A) Red (B) Blue
(A) Raman effect (C) Indigo (D) Black
(B) Newton's ring
(C) Spectral effect 8. Why is it difficult to see through fog?
(D) Tyndall effect (A) Rays of light suffer total internal
reflection from the fog droplets.
3. Which of the following colour in visible (B) Rays of light are scattered by the fog
spectrum has longest wavelength? droplets.
(A) Blue (B) Red (C) Fog droplets absorb light.
(C) Yellow (D) Violet (D) The refractive index of fog is
extremely high.
4. Colour of sky appears blue due to:
(A) Shorter wavelength of blue colour. 9. If wavelength of a light is longer. Then,
(B) The size of fine particles in its scattering will be:
atmosphere is almost equal to (A) More
wavelength of blue colour. (B) Less
(C) As extent of scattering of blue light (C) Doesn’t depends on wavelength
is more, it enters our eye. (D) None of the above
(D) All of the above.
10. Who is the only Indian Scientist to won
5. The sky would have appeared _____ in noble price in physics for his discovery
colour if earth doesn't have atmosphere. on scattering due to colloidal solution?
(A) Blue (A) Sir J.C. Bose
(B) Red (B) Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishna
(C) Black (C) Sir C.V. Raman
(D) White (D) None of the above

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Atmospheric Refraction
1. Stars appear to be higher in the sky than 6. Stars twinkle but planets can't. Why?
actually they are because of: (A) Closer planets are not point source,
(A) Scattering of light but due to long distance stars appear
(B) Dispersion of light as point source
(C) Atmospheric reflection (B) Stars have ability to transmit light in
(D) Atmospheric refraction fragments while planet transmit
light continuously
(C) Light from star travels faster than
2. How much time from sunrise to sunset is
planets
lengthened because of atmospheric
(D) None of the above
refraction?
(A) 4 hours (B) 2 minutes
(C) 4 minutes (D) 2 hours 7. At the time of sunrise and sunset, the rays
appear to travel……..path due to
3. Refractive index of all the different layers refraction from atmosphere.
of atmosphere is different due to change (A) random
in: (B) straight line
(A) temperature (C) curve
(B) different gases (D) zigzag
(C) different densities of gases
(D) all of the above 8. The sun can be seen before the actual
sunrise by about:
4. As we go up, toward the sky, the (A) 2 minutes (B) 4 minutes
refractive index: (C) 1 minutes (D) 20 minutes
(A) Increases
(B) Decreases 9. The cold layers of the atmosphere behave
as optically:
(C) Remain same
(A) rarer medium
(D) All of these (B) inactive medium
(C) denser medium
5. What is the reason behind twinkling of (D) None of the above
stars?
(A) Refraction of starlight while passing 10. An apparent elevation of the distant
through layers of earth's atmosphere object from its original position is called:
(B) Earth's atmosphere is not steady and (A) Mirage
so there is change in refractive index (B) Looming
(C) Both (A) and (B) (C) Dispersion
(D) None of the above (D) None of the above

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Competitive level
1. A given ray of light suffers minimum 4. Read the given statements and mark the
deviation in an equilateral prism P. correct option.
Additional prisms Q,R, S and T of Statement 1 : A normal human eye can
clearly see all the objects at a distance less
identical shape and of the same material as than or greater than 25m.
P are now added as shown in the given Statements 2: The human eye has the
figure. The same ray will now suffer: capacity to suitably adjust the focal length
of its lens to a certain extent.
(A) Both statements 1 and 2 are true and
P Q R S T statement 2 is the correct explanation
of statement 1.
(A) Greater deviation (B) Both statements 1 and 2 are true but
(B) Lesser deviation statement 2 is not the correct
explanation of statement 1.
(C) No deviation (C) Statement 1 is true but statement 2 is
(D) Same deviation false.
(D) Statement 1 is false but statement 2 is
true.
2. A long-sighted person cannot see objects
clearly at a distance less than 40cm from 5. The lens of the eye can become thicker and
his eye. The power of the lens needed to thinner. Why is this flexibility useful?
read an object at 25cm is: (A) The lens allows the eye to focus on
(A) –2.5D (B) +2.5D far objects as well as near objects.
(B) The lens can allow varying amounts
(C) –6.25D (D) +1.5D of light to enter the eye
(C) The eye can move up, down, left and
3. An optician while testing the eyes find the right.
vision of a patient to be 6/9. By this he (D) The lens is not likely to break.
means that
6. Read the given statements and select the
(A) The person can read the letters of 6 correct option.
inches from a distance 9m. Statement 1 : A total reflecting prism is
(B) The person can read the letters of 9 used to erect the inverted image without
deviation.
inches from 6m.
Statements 2: Rays of light incident
(C) The person can read letters from 6m parallel to the base of prism emerge out as
which the normal eye can read letters parallel rays.
from 9m. (A) Both statements 1 and 2 are true and
(D) The person can read letters from 9m statement 2 is the correct explanation
of statement 1.
which the normal eye can read from (B) Both statements 1 and 2 are true but
6m. statement 2 is not the correct
explanation of statement 1.

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 (C) Statement 1 is true but statement 2 is 9. Light is incident normally on face AB of a
false. prism as shown in figure. A liquid of
(D) Both statements 1 and 2 are false. refractive index  is placed on face AC of
the prism. The prism is made of glass of
3
7. A person with a myopic eye cannot see refractive index . The limit of  for
objects beyond 1.4 m distinctly. The type 2
of the corrective lens used to restore which total internal reflection takes place
proper vision should be on face AC is
(A) A concave lens of focal length –
1.4m and power + 0.71D
A C
(B) A convex lens of focal length 1.4m 60º 60º
and power + 0.71D
(C) A concave lens of focal length –
1.4m and power –0.71D
(D) A convex lens of focal length – 1.4m
and power – 0.71D.
B
3 3
(A)   (B)   3
8. The refraction through the prism are as 2
shown. Choose the wrong statement from 3 3 3 3
the following. Path of the light ray in (C)   (D)  
4 8
    
      10. Which of the following statements (s)
 is/are correct regrading scattering of light?
(i) Scattering is responsible for the
(I) (II) (III) (IV) bluish appearance of the sky.
(ii) Clouds having droplets of water
(A) (I) is correct if 2 > 1 and 2 > 3
scatter all wavelengths almost equal
(B) (II) is correct if 1 = 2 and 2 > 3 and so are generally white.
(C) (III) is correct if 2 > 1 and 2 = 3 (iii) Advanced sunrise and delayed sunset
(D) (IV) is correct if 1 > 2 and 2 < 3 are due to atmospheric reflection.
(A) Only (i) and (ii)
(B) Only (ii) and (iii)
(C) Only (iii)
(D) (i),(ii) and (iii)

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