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Worksheet Name: 10 Cb Sci Human Standard: 10th Subject: Science

Eye

Q1. 1. What is dispersion of white light? What is the cause of such dispersion? Draw a diagram to show the
dispersion of white light by a glass prism.
2. A glass prism is able to produce a spectrum when white light passes through it but a glass slab does not
produce any spectrum. Explain why it is so.
Q2. 1. List the parts of the human eye that control the amount of light entering into it. Explain how they perform
this function.
2. Write the function of retina in human eye.
3. Do you know that the corneal-impairment can be cured by replacing the defective cornea with the cornea of
the donated eye? How and why should we organise groups to motivate the community members to donate
their eyes after death?
Q3. 1. A student cannot see clearly a chart hanging on a wall placed at a distance of 3 m from his eyes. Name the
defect of vision he is suffering from. Draw a ray diagram to illustrate this defect. List its two possible causes.
2. Draw a ray diagram to show how this defect may be corrected using a lens of apropriate focal length.
3. An eye donation camp is being organised by social workers in your locality. How and why would you help in
this cause?
Q4. 1. What is dispersion of white light? Stae its cause.
2. “Rainbow is an example of dispersion of sunlight.” Justify this statement by explaining, with the help of a
labelled diagram, the formation of a rainbow in the sky. List two essential conditions for observing a rainbow.
Q5. What is atmospheric refraction? Use this phenomenon to explain the following natural events.
1. Twinkling of stars.
2. Advanced sun-rise and delayed sun-set.
Draw diagrams to illustrate your answers.
Q6. 1. A student is unable to see clearly the words written on the black board placed at a distance of approximately
3m from him. Name the defect of vision the boy is suffering from. State the possible causes of this defect and
explain the method of correcting it.
2. Why do stars twinkle? Explain.
Q7. 1. Write the function of each of the following parts of human eye:
1. Cornea.
2. Iris.
3. Crystalline lens.
4. Ciliary muscles.
2. Why does the sun appear reddish early in the morning? Will this phenomenon be observed by an astronaut
on the Moon? Give reason to justify your answer.
Q8. 1. A person cannot read newspaper placed nearer than 50 cm from his eyes. Name the defect of vision he is
suffering from. Draw a ray diagram to illustrate this defect. List its two possible causes. Draw a ray diagram to
show how this defect may be corrected using a lens of appropriate focal length.
2. We see advertisements for eye donation on television or in newspapers. Write the importance of such
advertisements.
Q9. 1. What is meant by 'power of a lens'?
2. State and define the S.I. unit of power of a lens.
3. A convex lens of focal length 25 cm and a concave lens of focal length 10 cm are placed in close contact with
each other. Calculate the lens power of this combination.
Q10. 1. Write the function of each of the following parts of human eye:
CORNEA; IRIS; CRYSTALLINE LENS; CILIARY MUSCLES.
2. Millions of people of the developing countries of world are suffering from corneal blindness. These persons
can be cured by replacing the defective cornea with the cornea of a donated eye. A charitable society of your

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city has organised a campaign in your neighbourhood in order to create awareness about this fact. If you are
asked to participate in this mission how would you contribute in this noble cause?
1. State the objective of organising such campaigns.
2. List two arguments which you would give to motivate the people to donate their eyes after death.
3. List two values which are developed in the persons who actively participate and contribute in such
programmes.
Q11. 1. Write the functions of each of the following parts of the human eye:
1. Cornea.
2. Iris.
3. Crystalline (Eye) lens.
4. Ciliary muscles.
5. Retina.
2. A person is unable to see distinctly the objects closer than 1 m. Name the defect of vision he is suffering from.
Draw ray diagrams to illustrate the cause of the defect and its correction by suitable lens.
Q12. A student is unable to see clearly the words written on the blackboard placed at a distance of approximately 4m
from him. Name the defect of vision the boy is suffering from. Explain the method of correcting this defect. Draw
ray diagram for the:
1. Defect of vision and also.
2. For its correction.
Q13. A student is unable to see clearly the words written on the blackboard placed at a distance of approximately 4 m
from him. Name the defect of vision the boy is suffering from. Explain the method of correcting this defect. Draw
ray diagram for the:
1. Defect of vision and also.
2. For its correction.
Q14. 1. What is meant by dispersion of whlte light? Describe the formation of rainbow in the sky with the help of a
diagram.
2. What is hypermetropia? Draw ray diagrams to show the image formation of an object by:
1. Hypermetropic eye.
2. Correction made with a suitable lens for hypermetropic eye.
Q15. 1. What is myopia? State the two causes of myopia. With the help of labelled ray diagrams show.
1. The eye defect myopia.
2. Correction of myopia using a lens.
2. Why is the normal eye unable to focus on an object placed within 10 cm from the eye?
Q16. 1. A student suffering from myopia is not able to see distinctly the objects placed beyond 5 m. List two possible
reasons due to which this defect of vision may have arisen. With the help of ray diagrams, explain.
1. Why the student is unable to see distinctly the objects placed beyond 5 m from his eyes.
2. The type of the corrective lens used to restore proper vision and how this defect is corrected by the use of
this lens.
2. If, in this case, the numerical value of the focal length of the corrective lens is 5 m, find the power of the lens
as per the new Cartesian sign convention.
Q17. 1. Give reasons for the following:
1. Colour of the clear sky is blue.
2. The sun can be seen about two minutes before the actual sunrise.
3. We cannot see an object clearly if it is placed very close to the eyes.
2. What is Presbyopia? Write two causes of this defect.
Q18. 1. List three common refractive defects of vision. Suggest the way of correcting these defects.
2. About 45 lac people in the developing countries are suffering from corneal blindness. About 30 lac children
below the age of 12 years suffering from this defect can be cured by replacing the defective cornea with the
cornea of a donated eye. How and why can students of your age involve themselves to create awareness
about this fact among people?
Q19. Write the importance of ciliary muscles in the human eye. Name the defect of vision that arises due to gradual
weakening of the ciliary muscles in old age. What type of lenses are required by the persons suffering from this
defect to see the objects clearly?

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Akshay, sitting in the last row in his class, could not see clearly the words written on the blackboard. When the
teacher noticed it, he announced if any student sitting in the front row could volunteer to exchange his seat with
Akshay. Salman immediately agreed to exchange his seat with Akshay. He could now see the words written on the
blackboard clearly. The teacher thought it fit to send the message to Akshay’s parents advising them to get his
eyesight checked.
In the context of the above event, answer the following questions:
1. Which defect of vision is Akshay suffering from? Which type of lens is used to correct this defect?
2. State the values displayed by the teacher and Salman.
3. In your opinion, in what way can Akshay express his gratitude towards the teacher and Salman?
Q20. 1. Draw a ray diagram to explain the term angle of deviation.
2. Why do the component colours of incident white light split into a spectrum while passing through a glass
prism, explain.
3. Draw a labelled ray diagram to show the formation of a rainbow.
Q21. Using the phenomenon of scattering of light, explain why there is a difference in the colour of the sun as it appears
during sunrise and at noon.
Q22. State the cause of dispersion of white light by a glass prism. How did Newton, using two identical glass prisms,
show that white light is made of seven colours ? Draw a ray diagram to show the path of a narrow beam of white
light, through a combination of two identical prisms arranged together in inverted position with respect to each
other, when it is allowed to fall obliquely on one of the faces of the first prism of the combination.
Q23. Trace the sequence of events which occur when a bright light is focused on your eyes.
Q24. What is ‘‘dispersion of white light’’? Draw a labelled diagram to illustrate the recombination of the spectrum of
white light. Why is it essential that the two prisms used for the purpose should be identical and placed in an
inverted position with respect to each other?
Q25. With the help of ciliary muscles, the human eye can change its curvature and thus alter the focal length of its lens.
State the changes that occur in the curvature and focal length of the eye lens while viewing,
1. a distance object
2. nearby objects.
Explain, why a normal eye is not able to see distinctly the objects placed closer than 25 cm, without putting any
strain on the eye.
Q26. What is hypermetropia? State the two causes of hypermetropia. With the help of ray diagrams, show:
1. The eye-defect hypermetropia.
2. Correction of hypermetropia by using a lens.
Q27. State the cause of dispersion of white light passing through a glass prism. How did Newton show that white light of
sun contains seven colours using two identical glass prisms. Draw a ray diagram to show the path of light when two
identical glass prisms are arranged together in inverted position with respect to each other and a narrow beam of
white light is allowed to fall obliquely on one of the focus of the first prism.
Q28. Due to gradual weakening of ciliary muscles and diminishing flexibility of the eye lens a certain defect of vision
arises. Write the name of this defect. Name the type of lens required by such persons to improve the vision.
Explain the structure and function of such a lens.
Q29. An old man cannot see objects closer than 1 m from the eye clearly. Name the defect of vision he is suffering from.
How can it be corrected? Draw ray diagram for the,
1. Defect of vision and also.
2. For its correction.
Q30. Explain in brief the reason for each of the following:
1. The sun appears reddish during sun-rise.
2. At noon the sun appears white.
3. To an astronaut the sky appears dark instead of blue.
Q31. When and where do we see a rainbow? How is a rainbow formed? Draw a labelled diagram to illustrate the
formation of a rainbow.
Q32. With the help of scattering of light, explain the reason for the difference in colours of the sun as it appears during
sunrise/ sunset and noon.
Q33. Draw a labelled diagram to show:
1. Reddish appearance of the sun at the sunrise or the sunset.
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2. White appearance of the sun at noon when it is overhead.

Q34. What eye defect is myopia? Describe with a neat diagram how this defect of vision can be corrected by using a
suitable lens.
Q35. What is scattering of light? Use this phenomenon to explain why the clear sky appears blue and the sun appears
reddish at sunrise.
Q36. Differentiate between a glass slab and a glass prism. What happens when a narrow beam of:
1. A monochromatic light.
2. White light passes through.
1. Glass slab.
2. Glass prism?
Q37. What is a rainbow? Draw a labelled diagram to show the formation of a rainbow.
Q38. Why does the sun appear reddish early in the morning? Will this phenomenon be observed by an observer on the
moon? Justify your answer with a reason.
Q39. What is ‘dispersion of white light’? State its cause. Draw a ray diagram to show the dispersion of white light by a
glass prism.
Q40. Explain in brief the reason for each of the following:
1. Advanced sun-rise.
2. Delayed sun-set.
3. Twinkling of stars.
Q41. With the help of a labelled diagram, explain why the sun appears reddish at the sunrise and the sun-set.
Q42. Why is Tyndall effect shown by colloidal particles? State four instances of observing the Tyndall effect.
Q43. A student can not see chart hanging on wall placed at a distance of 3 m from him. Name the defect of vision he is
suffering from. How can it be corrected? Draw ray diagrams for the,
1. Defect of vision and also.
2. For its correction.
Q44. State the difference in colors of the sun observed during sunrise/ sunset and noon. Give explanation for each.
Q45. Why does the sun seem to rise two minutes before the actual sunrise and set two minutes after the actual sunset?
Explain with the help of labelled diagram.
Q46. Explain with the help of a labelled diagram, the cause of twinkling of stars.
Q47. Explain giving reason why the sky appears blue to an observer from the surface of the earth? What will the colour
of the sky be for an astronaut staying in the international space station orbiting the earth? Justify your answer
giving reason.
Q48. Write about power of accommodation of human eye. Explain why the image distance in the eye does not change
when we change the distance of an object from the eye?
Q49. With the help of a diagram, explain how atmospheric refraction is responsible for the advance sunrise and delayed
sunset. How much time difference does it cause on the duration of day on the Earth?
Q50. A narrow beam PQ of white light is passing through a glass prism ABC as shown in the diagram.

Trace it on your answer sheet and show the path of the emergent beam as observed on the screen DE.
1. Write the name and cause of the phenomenon observed.
2. Where else in nature is this phenomenon observed?
3. Based on this observation, state the conclusion which can be drawn about the constituents of white light.
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Q51. 1. Draw a diagram to show the formation of image of a distant object by a myopic eye. How can such an eye
defect be remedied?
2. State two reasons due to which this eye defect may be caused.
3. A person with a myopic eye cannot see objects beyond a distance of 1.5 m. What would be the power of the
corrective lens used to restore proper vision?
Q52. What is meant by scattering of light? Use this phenomenon to explain why the clear sky appears blue or the sun
appears reddish at sunrise.
Q53. What is meant by scattering of light? The sky appears blue and the sun appears reddish at sunrise and sunset.
Explain these phenomena with reason.
Q54. What eye defects hypertrophies? Describe with ray diagram how this defect of vision can be corrected by using an
appropriate lens?
Q55. Explain why the planets do not twinkle but the stars twinkle.
Q56. Draw a ray diagram to show the refraction of light through a glass prism. Mark on it,
1. The incident ray,
2. The emergent ray,
3. The angle of deviation.
Q57. What is meant by the dispersion of white light? Draw a diagram to show dispersion of white light by the glass
prism.
Q58. A star sometimes appears brighter and some other times fainter. What is this effect called? State the reason for
this effect.
Q59. Define the term power of accommodation. Write the modification in the curvature of the eye lens which enables
us to see the nearby objects clearly?
Q60. Write the structure of eye lens and state the role of ciliary museles in the human eye.
Q61. How it can be proved that the basic structure of the modern periodic table is based on the electronic configuration
of atoms of different elements?
Q62. Draw a labelled ray diagram to illustrate the dispersion of a narrow beam of white light when it passes through
glass prism.
Q63. Explain with the help of a diagram, how we are able to observe the sunrise about two minutes before the sun gets
above the horizon.
Q64. When we place a glass prism in the path of a narrow beam of white light a spectrum is obtained. What happens
when a second identical prism is placed in an inverted position with respect to the first prism? Draw a labelled ray
diagram to illustrate it.
Q65. In the figure given below a narrow beam of white light is shown to pass through a triangular glass prism. After
passing through the prism it produces a spectrum XY on a screen.

1. State the colour seen at X and Y.

2. Why do different colours of white light bend through different angles with respect to the incident beam of
light?
Q66. The path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism is shown below:

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In this diagram the angle of prism, angle of incidence, angle of emergence and angle of deviation respectively have
been represented by:
1. O, Y, Z and N.
2. P, Y, M and Z.
3. O, X, M and Z.
4. P, X, Z and N.
Q67. A student is observing the diagram showing the path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism. He would find
that for all angles of incidence the ray of light bends:
1. Towards the normal while entering into the prism and away from the normal while emerging out of the prism.
2. Away from the normal while entering into the prism and towards the normal while emerging out of the prism.
3. Away from the normal while entering as well as while emerging out of the prism.
4. Towards the normal while entering as well as while emerging out of the prism.
Q68. What will be the colour of the sky when it is observed from a place in the absence of any atmosphere?
Q69. A student focussed the image of a distant object using a device X on a white screen S as shown in the figure. If the
distance of the screen from the device is 30 cm, select the correct statement about the device X.

1. The device X is a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm

2. The device X is a concave mirror of focal length 30 cm.
3. The device X is a concave mirror of radius of curvature 30 cm.
4. The device X is a convex mirror of focal length 30 cm.
Q70. A person is advised to wear spectacles with concave lenses. What type of defect of vision is he suffering from?
Q71. While performing the experiment to trace the path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism, four students
marked the incident ray and the emergent ray in their diagrams in the manner shown below:

1. I
2. II
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3. III
4. IV
Q72. Study the following diagrams in which the path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism as traced by four
students P, Q, R and S is shown:

The student who has traced the path correctly is

1. P
2. Q
3. R
4. S
Q73. What will be the observed colour of the sky on a planet where there is no atmosphere? Why?
Q74. What is Tyndall effect?
Q75. Name the part of our eyes that helps us to focus near and distant objects in quick succession.
Q76. In the following diagram, the path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism is shown:

In this diagram the angle of incidence, the angle of emergence and the angle of deviation respectively are (select
the correct option):
1. X, R and T.
2. Y, Q and T.
3. X, Q and P.
4. Y, Q and P.
Q77. Name the component of white light that deviates the least and the component that deviates the most while
passing through a glass prism.
Q78. Give an example of a phenomenon where Tyndall effect can be observed.
Q79. A real image is formed by the light rays after reflection or refraction when they:
1. Actually meet or intersect with each other.
2. Actually converge at a point.
3. Appear to meet when they are produced in the backward direction.
4. Appear to diverge from a point. Which of the above statements are correct?
Which of the above statements are correct?
1. (A) and (D).
2. (B) and (D).
3. (A) and (B).
4. (B) and (C).
Q80. In the following diagram, the correctly marked angles are:

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1. All
2. Only ∠i and ∠A
3. ∠i, ∠r and ∠A
4. ∠i, ∠A and ∠D
Q81. For the refraction of a ray of light through a glass prism, the path of a ray of light is shown below:

The angle of incidence, the angle of emergence and the angle of deviation respectively have been represented by
1. Y, N, Z.
2. X, Z, M.
3. X, N, Z.
4. X, M, Z.
Q82. To an astronaut why does the sky appear dark instead of blue?
Q83. Why does sky look blue on a clear day?
Q84. Study the following ray diagrams:

1. II and III only

2. I and II only
3. I, II and III
4. I, II and IV
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Q85. Consider the following properties of virtual images:

1. Cannot be projected on the screen.
2. Are formed by both concave and convex lens.
3. Are always erect.
4. Are always inverted.
The correct properties are:
1. (A) and (D).
2. (A) and (B).
3. (A), (B) and (C).
4. (A), (B) and (D).
Q86. State one function of iris in human eye.
Q87. List the factors on which the angle of deviation through a prism depend?

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