MCQs - The Human Eye and the Colourful World (Class 10 NCERT)

1. 1. What is the function of the iris in the human eye?

 A) Focus light
 B) Control pupil size
 C) Form image
 D) Reflect light

Answer: B

2. 2. The clear, transparent front part of the eye is called:

 A) Retina
 B) Cornea
 C) Iris
 D) Lens

Answer: B

3. 3. The retina contains which of the following cells?

 A) Red and green

 B) Rods and cones
 C) Tissues and muscles
 D) None of these

Answer: B

4. 4. The least distance of distinct vision for a normal eye is:

 A) 10 cm
 B) 20 cm
 C) 25 cm
 D) 30 cm

Answer: C

5. 5. Which part of the eye controls the amount of light entering it?

 A) Retina
 B) Iris
 C) Lens
 D) Cornea

Answer: B

6. 6. The human eye forms the image at the:

 A) Iris
 B) Cornea
 C) Retina
 D) Pupil

Answer: C

7. 7. What is the function of the ciliary muscles?

 A) Light absorption
 B) Image formation
 C) Adjusting the shape of the lens
 D) Color perception

Answer: C

8. 8. The defect of vision where a person can see nearby objects clearly but not distant
objects is called:

 A) Myopia
 B) Hypermetropia
 C) Astigmatism
 D) Presbyopia

Answer: A

9. 9. Hypermetropia can be corrected by:

 A) Concave lens
 B) Convex lens
 C) Cylindrical lens
 D) Plano lens

Answer: B

10. 10. Myopia is corrected using:

 A) Convex lens
 B) Concave lens
 C) Plane mirror
 D) Bifocal lens

Answer: B

11. 11. Which lens has negative focal length?

 A) Convex
 B) Concave
 C) Both
 D) Neither

Answer: B

12. 12. The ability of the eye to focus on near and far objects is called:

 A) Vision
 B) Accommodation
 C) Adjustment
 D) Reflection

Answer: B

13. 13. Which defect is caused due to weakening of ciliary muscles in old age?

 A) Astigmatism
 B) Myopia
 C) Hypermetropia
 D) Presbyopia

Answer: D

14. 14. The blind spot in the eye is the region:

 A) Where light is refracted

 B) With only rod cells
 C) Where optic nerve leaves the eye
 D) Full of cone cells

Answer: C
15. 15. The transparent jelly-like material filling the eye is:

 A) Cornea
 B) Vitreous humour
 C) Retina
 D) Iris

Answer: B

16. 16. Colour vision is enabled by:

 A) Rod cells
 B) Cone cells
 C) Retina
 D) Optic nerve

Answer: B

17. 17. Which is not a part of the human eye?

 A) Lens
 B) Pupil
 C) Diaphragm
 D) Retina

Answer: C

18. 18. Which structure of the eye is most directly responsible for its focusing power?

 A) Iris
 B) Cornea
 C) Retina
 D) Aqueous humour

Answer: B

19. 19. Bifocal lenses are used to correct:

 A) Myopia
 B) Hypermetropia
 C) Astigmatism
 D) Presbyopia
Answer: D

20. 20. Night blindness is caused due to the deficiency of:

 A) Vitamin A
 B) Vitamin C
 C) Vitamin D
 D) Vitamin B

Answer: A

21. 21. The pupil appears black because:

 A) It is opaque
 B) It absorbs all light
 C) Light does not reflect from it
 D) It is covered

Answer: C

22. 22. The normal range of vision for a healthy human eye is:

 A) 10 cm to 10 m
 B) 25 cm to infinity
 C) 15 cm to 50 m
 D) 20 cm to 100 m

Answer: B

23. 23. Image formed by the human eye is:

 A) Virtual and erect

 B) Real and erect
 C) Real and inverted
 D) Virtual and inverted

Answer: C

24. 24. Which part of the eye changes its shape to focus objects?

 A) Iris
 B) Retina
 C) Lens
 D) Cornea

Answer: C

25. 25. The fluid between the cornea and lens is:

 A) Vitreous humour
 B) Aqueous humour
 C) Tear fluid
 D) Mucous

Answer: B

26. 26. Which phenomenon causes the sky to appear blue?

 A) Reflection
 B) Refraction
 C) Dispersion
 D) Scattering

Answer: D

27. 27. What causes the red color of the sun at sunrise and sunset?

 A) Absorption
 B) Refraction
 C) Scattering
 D) Interference

Answer: C

28. 28. A rainbow is formed due to:

 A) Reflection
 B) Refraction
 C) Dispersion
 D) All of these

Answer: D

29. 29. What is the band of seven colours called?

 A) Beam
 B) Spectrum
 C) Prism
 D) Dispersion

Answer: B

30. 30. Which color is scattered the most?

 A) Red
 B) Green
 C) Violet
 D) Blue

Answer: C

31. 31. The splitting of light into its component colors is:

 A) Reflection
 B) Refraction
 C) Dispersion
 D) Interference

Answer: C

32. 32. Which colour has the longest wavelength?

 A) Red
 B) Violet
 C) Blue
 D) Green

Answer: A

33. 33. In the atmosphere, scattering is more for:

 A) Long wavelength
 B) Medium wavelength
 C) Short wavelength
 D) No relation with wavelength

Answer: C

34. 34. The danger signal is red because:

 A) Red is the most visible
 B) Red scatters the least
 C) Red absorbs all light
 D) Red has low energy

Answer: B

35. 35. Which light deviates the most when white light passes through a prism?

 A) Red
 B) Yellow
 C) Violet
 D) Green

Answer: C

36. 36. What causes the formation of a rainbow?

 A) Reflection from the clouds

 B) Refraction through the atmosphere
 C) Refraction, dispersion and reflection in water droplets
 D) Polarization

Answer: C

37. 37. Which phenomenon explains twinkling of stars?

 A) Dispersion
 B) Refraction
 C) Scattering
 D) Total internal reflection

Answer: B

38. 38. Planets do not twinkle because:

 A) They are brighter

 B) They are closer
 C) They are extended sources
 D) They are self-luminous

Answer: C
39. 39. Tyndall effect is seen when:

 A) Light passes through vacuum

 B) Light passes through a colloid
 C) Light passes through a solution
 D) Light passes through a mirror

Answer: B

40. 40. Which phenomenon explains the blue color of smoke from motorcycles?

 A) Dispersion
 B) Reflection
 C) Scattering
 D) Refraction

Answer: C

41. 41. Atmospheric refraction is responsible for:

 A) Advance sunrise
 B) Rainbow
 C) Blue sky
 D) Mirage

Answer: A

42. 42. The sun is visible before actual sunrise due to:

 A) Reflection
 B) Refraction
 C) Scattering
 D) Dispersion

Answer: B

43. 43. What causes the apparent flattening of the sun at sunrise and sunset?

 A) Scattering
 B) Refraction
 C) Diffraction
 D) Interference
Answer: B

44. 44. Which color bends the least in a prism?

 A) Red
 B) Blue
 C) Green
 D) Violet

Answer: A

45. 45. Which color has the shortest wavelength?

 A) Blue
 B) Red
 C) Violet
 D) Green

Answer: C

46. 46. The clear sky appears blue due to:

 A) Rayleigh scattering
 B) Mie scattering
 C) Tyndall effect
 D) Both A and C

Answer: D

47. 47. The formation of mirage is due to:

 A) Diffraction
 B) Reflection
 C) Total internal reflection
 D) Dispersion

Answer: C

48. 48. Twinkling of stars is due to:

 A) Scattering
 B) Reflection
 C) Refraction through different air layers
 D) Diffraction

Answer: C

49. 49. The sequence of colors in a rainbow is due to:

 A) Different wavelengths of light

 B) Absorption of light
 C) Reflection of light
 D) Interference of light

Answer: A

50. 50. Dispersion of light occurs due to:

 A) Different speeds of light in a medium

 B) Reflection
 C) Diffraction
 D) Interference

Answer: A