DPS – MODERN INDIAN SCHOOL, DOHA- QATAR
SUMMER VACATION ASSIGNMENT (2025–26)
SUBJECT: PHYSICS CLASS: X
Date of Submission: 25th August 2025.
Topics:
1. Light-Reflection and Refraction
2. Human eye and Colourful world
LEVEL 1
Light Reflection and Refraction
Multiple Choice Questions:
1. Which of the following can produce a real image, when the
object is placed in front of it?
(a) Plane mirror (b) Convex mirror (c) Concave lens (d)
Convex lens
2. The refractive index of water is 1.33. The speed of light in
water will be
(a) 1.33 × 108 m/s (b) 3 × 108 m/s (c) 2.26 × 108 m/s (d)
2.66 × 108 m/s
3. If the power of a lens is – 2 D, what is its focal length?
(a) +50 cm (b) -100 cm (c) -50 cm (d) +100 cm
The questions given below consist of an assertion and the
reason. Use the following key to choose the appropriate
answer.
(a) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the
Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(b) The Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason
is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
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(c) Assertion is true but the Reason is false.
(d) The statement of the Assertion is false but the Reason is
true.
1. Assertion (A): The centre of curvature is not a part of the
mirror. It lies outside its reflecting surface.
Reason (R): The reflecting surface of a spherical mirror
forms a part of a sphere. This sphere has a centre.
2. Assertion (A): A ray of light travelling from a rarer medium
to a denser medium slows down and bends away from the
normal. When it travels from a denser medium to a rarer
medium, it speeds up and bends towards the normal.
Reason (R): The speed of light is higher in a rarer medium
than a denser medium.
Answer the following questions:
1. Define the following related to Spherical Mirror:
a)Pole b) Centre of curvature c) Radius of curvature
d) Principal axis e) Principal focus f) Focal length
2. State the two Laws of refraction of light.
3. Define the following related to Spherical lens:
a) Optical Center b) Centre of curvature c) Radii of curvature
d) Principal axis e) Principal focus f) Focal length
4. Name the type of mirror used in the following situations:
(i) Headlights of a car (ii) Rear-view mirror of vehicles (iii)
Solar furnace Support your answer with reason.
5. Draw the ray diagram in each case to show the position and
nature of the image formed when the object is placed:
(i) at the centre of curvature of a concave mirror
(ii) between the pole P and focus F of a concave mirror
(iii) in front of a convex mirror
(iv) at 2F of a convex lens
(v) in front of a concave lens
6. Define Power of a lens and write its S.I Unit.
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Human eye and Colourful world
Multiple Choice Questions:
1. The phenomenon responsible for the working of the
human eye is:
(a) Reflection (b) Refraction (c) Power of accommodation
(d) Persistence of vision
2. The amount of light entering the human eye is controlled
by:
(a) Ciliary muscles (b) Pupil (c) Cornea (d) Iris
3. The blue color of the sky is due to:
(a) Refraction of light (b) Dispersion of light
(c) Diffraction of light (d) Scattering of light
Assertion-Reason Questions:
For each question, select:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation
of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct
explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
1. Assertion (A): The phenomenon of scattering of light by
the colloidal particles gives rise to Tyndall effect.
Reason (R): The colour of the scattered light depends on
the size of the scattering particles.
2. Assertion (A): Myopia is the defect of the eye in which
only nearer objects are seen by the eye.
Reason (R): The eye ball is elongated.
Answer the following Questions:
1. Write down the functions of the following in human eye
a) Cornea b) Iris c) Pupil d) ciliary muscles
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2. A person needs a lens of power –5.5 dioptres for
correcting his distant vision. For correcting his near vision
he needs a lens of power +1.5 dioptre. What is the focal
length of the lens required for correcting (i) distant vision,
and (ii) near vision?
3. What happens to the image distance in the eye when we
increase the distance of an object from the eye?
4. Why is the colour of the clear sky blue?
LEVEL 2
Light Reflection and Refraction
Answer the following Questions:
1. An object is placed at a distance of 30 cm in front of a
convex mirror of focal length 15 cm. Write four
characteristics of the image formed by the mirror.
2. Draw a labelled ray diagram to show the path of the
reflected ray corresponding to an incident ray of light
parallel to the principal axis of a concave mirror. Mark the
angle of incidence and angle of reflection on it.
3. The magnification produced by a spherical mirror is -3”. List
four information you obtain from this statement about the
mirror/ image.
4. (a) Water has refractive index 1.33 and alcohol has
refractive index 1.36. Which of the two medium is optically
denser? Give reason for your answer.
(b) Draw a ray diagram to show the path of a ray of light
passing obliquely from water to alcohol.
5. (a) State and define the S.I. unit of power of a lens.
(b) 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.
6. A concave lens of focal length 15 cm forms an image 10 cm
from the lens. Calculate
(i) the distance of the object from the lens.
(ii) the magnification for the image formed.
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(iii) the nature of the image formed.
Human eye and Colourful world
1. (a) List two causes of hypermetropia.
(b) Draw ray diagrams showing (i) a hypermetropic eye
and (ii) its correction using a suitable optical device.
2. Define the term power of accommodation. Write the
modification in the curvature of the eye lens which
enables us to see the nearby objects.
3. What is Tyndal Effect?
4. On what factor the colour of the scattered light depends?
Level 3
Light Reflection and Refraction
Answer the following Questions:
1. The linear magnification produced by a spherical mirror is -
1/5. Analyzing this value state the (i) type of mirror and (ii)
position of the object with respect to the pole of the mirror.
Draw any diagram to justify your answer.
2. A concave mirror has a focal length of 20 cm. At what
distance from the mirror should a 4 cm tall object be placed
so that it forms an image at a distance of 30 cm from the
mirror? Also calculate the size of the image formed.
3. (a) A security mirror used in a big showroom has radius of
curvature 5 m. If a customer is standing at a distance of 20
m from the cash counter, find the position, nature and size of
the image formed in the security mirror.
(b) Neha visited a dentist in his clinic. She observed that the
dentist was holding an instrument fitted with a mirror. State
the nature of this mirror and reason for its use in the
instrument used by dentist.
4. (a) Name the point on the lens through which a ray of light
passes undeviated.
(b) An object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of
a convex lens of focal length 20 cm. The distance of the
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object from the lens is 30 cm. Find (i) the position (ii) the
magnification and (iii) the nature of the image formed.
5. The absolute refractive indices of glass and water are 4/3
and 3/2 respectively. If the speed of light in glass is 2 × 10 8
m/s, calculate the speed of light in (i) vacuum, (ii) water.
Human eye and Colourful world
1. A student is unable to see the words written on the
blackboard placed at a distance of approximately 3 m 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. A person suffering from presbyopia needs bifocal lens. If he
needs two lens of power -4.0 dioptre and + 2.0 dioptre,
which one of these two lenses is for the correction of distant
vision and what is its focal length?
All the best
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