HOLY CHILD PUBLIC SCHOOL

CLASS – X
SUBJECT: PHYSICS
SESSION – 2023-24
ASSIGNMENT CH 11: THE HUMAN EYE AND THE COLOURFUL
WORLD

Multiple Choice Questions:

1. The danger signals installed at the top of tall buildings are red in color. These can be
easily seen from a distance because among all other colors, the red light
(a) is scattered the most by smoke or fog.
(b) is scattered the least by smoke or fog.
(c) is absorbed the most by smoke or fog.
(d) moves fastest in air.
2. The clear sky appears blue because
(a) blue light gets absorbed in the atmosphere.
(b) Ultraviolet radiations are absorbed in the atmosphere.
(c) Violet and blue lights get scattered more than lights of all other colors by the
atmosphere.
(d) Light of all other colors is scattered more than the violet and blue color lights
by the atmosphere.
3. The bluish color of water in deep sea is due to
(a) the presence of algae and other plants found in water
(b) reflection of sky in water
(c) scattering of light
(d) absorption of light by the sea
4. 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
5. Find the incorrect statement
(a) Large sized particles scatter light of longer wavelengths
(b) Presbyopia occurs due to weakening of ciliary muscles
(c) Sun is visible 2 minutes after sunrise and 2 minutes before sunset
(d) Refractive index of glass for violet color is more than that for red color
6. 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
7. Phenomenon responsible for twinkling of stars
(a) Atmospheric refraction (b) Internal refraction (c) None of these (d) Regular
refraction
8. Which of the following phenomena of light are involved in the formation of a
rainbow.
(a) Reflection, refraction, and dispersion
(b) Refraction, dispersion, and total internal reflection
 (c) Refraction, dispersion, and internal reflection
(d) Dispersion, scattering, and total internal reflection
9. Which cells respond to color of light?
(a) Rod shaped cells (b) Cone shaped cells (c) Both types of cells
(d) Neither of the two
10. Cylindrical lens is used in case of:
(a) Presbyopia (b) Astigmatism (c) Myopia (d) Hypermetropia

Short Answer and Numerical Type Questions:

1. What is short sight? How can it be corrected?

2. A person having a myopic eye used the concave lens of focallength 50 cm. What
is the power of the lens?
3. Define “least distance of distinct vision.”
4. How does the eye adjust itself to deal with light of varying intensity? When is a
person said to have developed cataract in his eye? How is the vision of a person
having cataract restored?
5. The near point of an elderly person is 50 cm from the eye. Find the focal length and
power of the corrective lens that will correct his vision.
6. A person uses convex lens spectacles. What vision defect does he have?
Draw a diagram:
(a) to show the defective eye
(b) to show the correction with the lens.
7. What is meant by spectrum? How can we combine the components of white light after
a prism has separated them?
8. A 14-year-old student is not able to see clearly the questions written on the
blackboard placed at a distance of 5 m from him.
(a) Name the defect of vision he is suffering from.
(b) With the help of labelled ray diagrams show how this defect can be corrected.
(c) Name the type of lens used to correct this defect.
9. Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that follow it:

Which defect of vision is represented in this case? Give reason for your answer.
(a) What could be the two causes of this defect?
(b) With the help of a diagram show how this defect can be corrected using a suitable
lens.
 10. Draw a ray diagram to show the refraction of light through a glass prism. Mark on it
(a) the incident ray. (b) the emergent ray and (c) the angle of deviation.

11. Match the elements of List I with their correct combination in List II.

LIST I LIST II

(A) Combination of crown prism and 1. Colloidal particles

inverted flint glass prism
(B) Achromatism 2. Deviation without dispersion

(C) Hollow prism 3. Absence of chromatic aberration

(D) Tyndall effect 4. Dispersion

In each of the following questions, a statement of Assertion is given and a corresponding

statement of Reason is given just below it. Of the statements, given below, mark the correct
answer as:

(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.

1. Assertion: Myopia is due to the increased converging power of the eye lens.
Reason: Myopia can be corrected by using spectacles made from concave lenses.
2. Assertion: Reddening of sun at the sunrise and the sunset is due to the reflection of
sunlight.
Reason: Scattering of light results in the reddening of sun at sunrise and sunset.
3. Assertion: Higher the refractive index of the prism material, lower is the angle of
deviation.
Reason: the angle of deviation is directly proportional to the angle of prism.
4. Assertion: Bending of light at the interface of the two media is called refraction.
Reason: Whenever light traces from a denser medium to a rarer medium, it bends away
from the normal.