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An image is formed on
Iris
Pupil
Retina
Cornea
Light enters the eye through a thin membrane called the
Iris
Pupil
Retina
Cornea
The shape of eye-ball is nearly _________________
Elliptical
Oval
Circular
Spherical
Following controls and regulates the amount of light entering the eye
Iris
Pupil
Retina
Corena
_________________ send signals to the brain
Optical nerve
Aqueous Humour
Viterous humour
Eye lens
When the light is very bright, the diameter of pupil
Expends
Contract
Remain same
All of these
When an object is placed closer to eye ____________
the ciliary muscles contract
curvature of the eye lens increases
Eye lens become thicker
All of the above
To see an object comfortably and distinctly, we must hold it about _______ cm from our eyes.
10
25
15
infinity
The ability of the eye lens to adjust its focal length is called
Accommodation
Accomplish
Composition
None of the above
The farthest point upto which the eye can see objects clearly is ____________ for a normal eye.
25 cm
15 cm
infinity
1 km
Having two eyes facilitates in
A: Increasing the field of view
B: Bringing three-dimensional view
C: Developing the concept of distance/size
Then the correct option is/are
A only
A and B only
B only
A,B and C
the black opening between the aqueous humour and the lens is called
retina
iris
cornea
pupil
The image formed on the retina of the human eye is
virtual and inverted
real and inverted
virtual and erect
real and erect
The muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil is
Cornea
Ciliary muscles
Iris
Retina
When white light enters a prism, it gets split into its constituent colours. This is due to
different refractive index for different wavelength of each colour
each colours has same velocity in the prism.
prism material have high density.
Scattering of light
The air layer of atmosphere whose temperature is less then the hot layer behave as optically
denser medium
rarer medium
inactive medium
either denser or rarer medium
The deflection of light by minute particles and molecules of the atmosphere in all direction is called ____________ of light.
scattering
interference
tyndell effect
Reflection
At noon the sun appears white as [NCERT Exemplar Problems]
light is least scattered
all the colours of the white light are scattered away
blue colour is scattered the most
red colour is scattered the most
The danger signals installed at the top of tall buildings are red in colour. These can be easily seen from a distance because among all other colours, the red light
moves fastest in air
is absorbed the most by smoke or fog
is scattered the least by smoke or fog
is scattered the most by smoke or fog
When light rays enter the eye, most of the refraction occurs at the
Pupil
Iris
outer surface of the cornea
crystalline lens
Scattering of light by colloidal solution is known as
Scattering
Dispersion
Tyndall effect
Stability
The persistence of vision for human eye is
1/10th of a second
1/6th of the second
1/16th of a second
1/18th of a second
The colored light that refracts most while passing through a prism is
Red
Yellow
Blue
Violet
The change in focal length of an eye tens is caused by the action of the
retina
pupil
ciliary muscles
iris
Near and far points of a young person normal eye respectively are
0 and infinity
0 and 25 cm
25 cm and infinity
25 cm and 150 cm
The ability of eye lens to adjust its focal length to form a sharp image of the object at varying distances on the retina is called____________________
Power of observation of the eye
Power of accommodation of the eye
Power of adjustment of the eye
Power of enabling of the eye
Refraction of light by the earth’s atmosphere due to variation in air density is called
atmospheric reflection
atmospheric dispersion
atmospheric scattering
atmospheric refraction
The focal length of the eye lens increases when eye muscles
are relaxed and lens becomes thinner
contract and lens becomes thicker
are relaxed and lens becomes thicker
contract and lens becomes thinner
Which of the following is a natural phenomenon which is caused by the dispersion of sunlight in the sky?
Rainbow
Twinkling of stars
Advanced sunrise and delayed sunset
Stars seem higher than they actually are
Human eye acts like a
endoscope
microscope
telescope
camera
Which of the following phenomena contributes significantly to the reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise or sunset?
Dispersion of light
Scattering of light
Total internal reflection of light
Reflection of light from the earth
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The light sensitive cell present on retina and is sensitive to the intensity of light is:
Cones
Both rods and cones
Rods
none of above
The type of lens present in the human eye is.........
concave lens
convex lens
concavo-convex
plane lens
When a white light falls on a triangular prism, the colour of light which will deviate the least is
violet
green
blue
red
Atmospherics refraction explains the natural phenomena
twinkling of stars
Sky appears blue
Refraction of light through a prism
rainbow formation
Assertion: Planets do not twinkle
Reason: Light rays do not come from planet
Assertion and reason are true. Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
Assertion and reason are false
Assertion is false, but reason is true
Assertion is true, but reason is false
The angle between angle of incidence and the angle of emergence is called...........
angle of emergence
angle of prism
angle of deviation
critical angle
When white light passes through a prism,
red bends more, violet bends least
red bends least, violet bends most
dispersion doesn't occur
refraction doesn't occur
The splitting of white light into the seven colors when it passes through a transparent material is called
Refractrion
Dispersion
Reflection
Diffraction
A ray of white light enters the raindrop and undergoes __________ and __________ to form a spectrum.
refraction; dispersion
reflection; dispersion
dispersion; diffraction
scattering; dispersion
The refraction of light passed by the Earth’s Atmosphere having air layers of varying __________ is called atmospheric refraction.
optical densities
densities
volumes of air
winds
Red light has
longer wavelength
shorter wavelength
longer frequency
none of the above
angle of deviation will be maximum for-----colour
red
violet
green
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