The document discusses various aspects of vision and optics. It addresses topics like the parts of the eye, how vision occurs via the retina, refraction through the cornea and lens, properties of light dispersion through prisms, and the formation of rainbows through refraction and total internal reflection in water droplets. Key points covered include that maximum refraction occurs at the cornea, the retina contains light-sensitive cells enabling vision, the vitreous humour fills the eye chamber between the lens and retina, and rainbows form when sunlight refracts and reflects off raindrops in the atmosphere.
The document discusses various aspects of vision and optics. It addresses topics like the parts of the eye, how vision occurs via the retina, refraction through the cornea and lens, properties of light dispersion through prisms, and the formation of rainbows through refraction and total internal reflection in water droplets. Key points covered include that maximum refraction occurs at the cornea, the retina contains light-sensitive cells enabling vision, the vitreous humour fills the eye chamber between the lens and retina, and rainbows form when sunlight refracts and reflects off raindrops in the atmosphere.
The document discusses various aspects of vision and optics. It addresses topics like the parts of the eye, how vision occurs via the retina, refraction through the cornea and lens, properties of light dispersion through prisms, and the formation of rainbows through refraction and total internal reflection in water droplets. Key points covered include that maximum refraction occurs at the cornea, the retina contains light-sensitive cells enabling vision, the vitreous humour fills the eye chamber between the lens and retina, and rainbows form when sunlight refracts and reflects off raindrops in the atmosphere.
a) Pupil b) Iris c) Cornea d) Sclera 2. Maximum refraction occurs at which point of the eye? a) Cornea b) Eye lens c) Pupil d) Retina 3. How does image formation at retina help in vision? a) Due to presence of blind spot b) Due to presence of light sensitive cells c) Due to less thickness of retina d) All of the above 4. Fluid chamber between eye lens and retina is filled with a) Aqueous humour b) Vitreous humour c) Fats d) All of the above 5. How is it possible for an image to be formed always on retina? a) Due to ciliary muscles b) Due to flexibility of retina c) Due to flexibility of eyeball d) Due to fluid nature of vitreous humour 6. What happens to eye lens when ciliary muscles are relaxed? a) Stretched and thick b) Stretched and thin c) Compressed and thick d) Compressed and thin 7. When a person is not be able to see distant objects, he is suffering from ____ a) Presbyopia b) Myopia c) Hypermetropia d) Both b and c 8. What is dispersion? a) Scattering of white light into constituent of colours. b) Splitting of white light into only 7 colours c) Splitting of white light into its 7 constituent colours d) Both a and c 9. What is the R.I of glass prism for different colours of light? a) Same of all b) Same for violet and blue coloured light. c) Different for all. d) Same for red and orange coloured light. 10. State the relation between refraction and wavelength of light. a) Refraction is proportional to lambda b) Refraction is inversely proportional to lambda c) Both d) None of the above. 11. What is angle of deviation? a) Angle between normal and emergent ray. b) Angle between incident ray and emergent ray c) Angle between two lateral surfaces of prism d) Both b and c 12. Small droplets in atmosphere behave as- a) Small plane mirror b) Small concave mirror c) Small convex mirror d) Small prism 13. Sunlight is – a) Blue light b) White light c) Yellow light d) Red light 14. How rainbow formation takes place? a) Reflection – TIR – refraction b) Refraction -TIR – refraction c) Refraction – TIR – reflection d) TIR – refraction – reflection