AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NOIDA (2025-26)
CLASS X CH. 10. THE HUMAN EYE AND COLORFUL WORLD
PRACTICE SHEET 3 COMPETENCY BASED QUESTIONS
Q 1. Look carefully at the graph showing the distribution of people estimated to have myopia across age
groups in 2000 and [Link] the following questions.
(a)People of which age group suffer from the defect the most in the year 2000?
(b) What is the cause of this defect? Illustrate with a diagram.
(c)Which lens can correct this defect? Find the power of the corrective lens if the far point of the
defective eye is 50 cm.
Q2. We’ve always heard the nursery rhyme Twinkle-Twinkle little star, but have you ever asked why
stars twinkle at night? It is certain that everyone has seen the twinkling star once in your life, but do
you know when astronaut travel in space they no longer see stars twinkling in the sky, the only
thing they can see is the beautiful lighted dots. So, this makes one thing clear that the stars only
twinkle or seem to twinkle from our earth.
(a) Name and explain the phenomenon causing the twinkling of stars.
OR
We know that when light moves from one medium to another, refraction occurs. Now the
atmosphere is a cover of air only so how does light refract in one medium? Explain in brief.
(b)Why don’t the planets twinkle?
(c)Why are the red danger signals visible even though there is thick fog or smoke?
(i) It has least wavelength (ii) It has longer wavelength (iii) It scatters the least
A) Only (ii) B) Only (i) and (ii) C) Only (i) and (iii) D) Only (ii) and (iii).
(d) State the equation linking refractive index, angle of refraction and angle of incidence.
Q3. A boy uses spectacles of focal length -60cm. He had few doubts in his mind and consults doctor for
clearing them. Answer the below questions by using the above information.
(i) The boy is suffering from
(a)Myopia (b) Hypermetropia (c) Presbyopia (d) Astigmatism
(ii)The lens which he is using in his spectacles and its power is
(a) convex, +0.6 (b) concave, -1.66 (c) convex, +1.6 (d) concave, -0.66
(iii)The reason which the doctor gave to the boy for the defect he is suffering
from is A. Elongation of Eyeball B. More focussing power of eye lens.
C. Shortening of eyeball D. Increase in focal length of the eye lens.
(a) A and C (b) C and D (c) A and B (d) B and D
(iv) Assertion(A): Hypermetropia is the defect of the eye in which only farther objects are seen clearly.
Reason (R) : Hypermetropia is corrected by using converging lens.
Q4. The spreading of light by the air molecules is called scattering of light. The light having least wavelength
scatters more. The sun appears red at sunrise and sunset, appearance of blue sky it is due to the scattering of
light. The colour of the scattered light depends on the size of particles. The smaller the molecules in the
atmosphere scatter smaller wavelengths of light. The amount of scattering of light depends on the wavelength
of light. When light from sun enters the earth’s atmosphere, it gets scattered by the dust particles and air
molecules present in the atmosphere. The path of sunlight entering in the dark room through a fine hole is
seen because of scattering of the sun light by the dust particles present in its path inside the room.
(i) At the time of sunrise and sunset, the light from sun
(a) travels the longest distance of atmosphere (b) travels the shortest distance of atmosphere
(c) is not scattered. (d) falls normally.
(ii)To an astronaut in a spaceship, the colour of earth appears
(a) red (b) blue (c) white (d) black
(iii) 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
(iv) How does the size of particles affect the scattering of light?
Question 5: Read the following and answer any four questions from (i) to (v).
The spreading of light by the air molecules is called scattering of light. The light having least wavelength
scatters more. The sun appears red at sunrise and sunset, appearance of blue sky it is due to the scattering of
light. The colour of the scattered light depends on the size of particles. The smaller the molecules in the
atmosphere scatter smaller wavelengths of light. The amount of scattering of light depends on the wavelength
of light. When light from sun enters the earth’s atmosphere, it gets scattered by the dust particles and air
molecules present in the atmosphere. The path of sunlight entering in the dark room through a fine hole is
seen because of scattering of the sun light by the dust particles present in its path inside the room.
(i) To an astronaut in a spaceship, the colour of earth appears
(a) red (b) blue (c) white (d) black
(ii) At the time of sunrise and sunset, the light from sun has to travel.
(a) longest distance of atmosphere (b) shortest distance of atmosphere
(c) both (a) and (b) (d) can’t say
(iii) The colour of sky appears blue, it is due to the
(a) refraction of light through the atmosphere (b) dispersion of light by air molecules
(c) scattering of light by air molecules (d) all of these.
(iv) The danger signs made red in colour, because
(a) the red light can be seen from farthest distance (b) the scattering of red light is least
(c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of these
Question 6:
The diagram shows how a human eye sees a candle.
1. What is X?
2. Which part of the eye produces maximum refraction of light rays?
a. Lens b. Pupil c. Retina d. Cornea
3. What type of image is formed on the retina?
a. Virtual and inverted b. Real and inverted
c. Virtual and erect d. Real and erect
4. The size of the image formed on the retina depends on…
a. Age of the person b. Curvature of the lens
c. Focal length of the lens. d. Distance of the candle from the eyes
Question 7:
Read the following and answer any four questions from (i) to (v)
When white light is incident on one refracting surface of the prism, the light splits up into constituent
colours violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. The process of splitting of white light into its seven
constituent colours is called dispersion. When the dispersed white light is made to fall on a screen, we get the
band of seven colours called the spectrum of white light. Red colour bends the least on passing through the
prism and violet colour bends through maximum angle on passing through the prism.
(i) The splitting of white light can be done by a
(a) lens (b) prism (c) mirror (d) none of these
(ii) Which property of light is used by prism to form a spectrum?
(a) Reflection (b) Refraction (c) Dispersion (d) Scattering
(iii) Which of the following diagrams represent dispersion correctly?
a. b.
c. d.
(iv) When a red light passes through a prism, it
(a) will not split (b) will split into seven colours
(c) will split into white colour (d) will split into many different colours.
(v) The spectrum produced by the white light by a prism is called
(a) pure spectrum (b) impure spectrum
(c) monochromatic spectrum (d) none of these.
Question 8:
Read the following and answer any four questions from (i) to (v)
A prism is a transparent refracting medium bounded by two plane surfaces inclined to each other at a certain
angle. The refraction of light through a prism follows the laws of refraction. In the prism, refraction takes place
refraction through a prism is shown. Here, A is the angle of prism, ∠i is the angle of incidence of the face AB
on its refracting surface it means when the light enters the prism and when the light leaves the prism. The
and ∠e is the angle of emergence at other face AC. The incident ray suffers a deviation or bending through an
angle δ due to the refraction through prism. This angle is called angle of deviation as shown in figure ∠i + ∠e
= ∠δ + ∠ A.
(i) The angle between the two refracting surfaces of a prism is called
(a) angle of prism (b) angle of incidence
(c) angle of deviation (d) angle of emergence
(ii) The angle between the incident ray and the emergent ray is called
(a) angle of emergence (b) angle of deviation
(c) angle of incidence (d) none of these
(a) ∠ i = ∠ δ (b) ∠ i = ∠e +∠ δ
(iii) When a ray is refracted through a prism, then
(d) ∠i + ∠e = ∠δ + ∠ A.
(c) ∠δ = ∠ e
(iv) The angle of deviation depends on
(a) refractive index of prism (b) angle of incidence
(c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of these
(v) The rectangular surfaces of a prism are known as
(a) reflecting surfaces (b) dispersing surfaces
(c) refracting surfaces (d) none of these.
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