SOUTH POINT INSTITUTE

English Medium Co-Ed. School

Subject: Physics Class- X F.M.: 50

Section A (1 marks)
Choose the correct answer:
1. An object is placed 10 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. The nature of image formed is:
(A) Virtual, erect and enlarged
(B) Real, inverted and enlarged
(C) Real, inverted and same size
(D) Real, inverted and diminished
2. Which of the following correctly explains the cause of dispersion of light through a prism?
(A) Different angles of incidence
(B) Different densities of prism faces
(C) Different speeds of different colours in glass due to their different wavelengths
(D) Wavelength-dependent refraction in air
3. The eye defect caused by gradual weakening of ciliary muscles due to aging is:
(A) Myopia (B) Astigmatism (C) Presbyopia (D) Hypermetropia
4. The relationship between refractive index (n), speed of light in vacuum (c), and speed in medium (v) is:
(A) n = v/c (B) n = c/v (C) v = c × n (D) n = 1/cv
5. Which lens combination will be required to correct a person suffering from both myopia and hypermetropia?
(A) Plano-concave only
(B) Convex only
(C) Bifocal lens (concave upper, convex lower)
(D) Cylindrical lens
6. Which of the following phenomena is not a result of atmospheric refraction?
(A) Twinkling of stars
(B) Advanced sunrise
(C) Delayed sunset
(D) Rainbow formation

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 Section B (2 marks)
7. A lens forms a real and inverted image of an object at a distance of 30 cm from it. If the image is of the same
size as the object, find the type of lens and object distance.
8. Why does the sun appear oval (flattened) during sunset? Explain with reference to atmospheric refraction.
9. What is accommodation of the eye? What happens to the eye lens when you shift your vision from a distant
object to a nearby one?
10. Why is the red colour used in danger signals, not blue or green? Give two scientific reasons.
11. A person can see distant objects clearly but not nearby objects.
a) Name the defect.
b) Suggest the type of lens used to correct it.
c) Draw a labelled ray diagram for the correction.
12. A convex lens has a focal length of 25 cm. At what distance from the lens should an object be placed so that
it forms an image at infinity? Justify your answer.

Section C (3 marks)
13. Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that follow:

(i) Name the defect of vision represented in the diagram. Give reason for your answer.
(ii) List two causes of this defect.
(iii) With the help of a diagram show how this defect of vision is corrected.
14. A concave lens has a focal length of 15 cm. An object is placed 30 cm from it.
(a) Calculate the image distance and magnification.
(b) State the nature and position of the image.
15. Explain why the sky appears blue but the sun appears reddish at sunrise and sunset, using the concept of
scattering of light. Include diagrams for both.
16. Study the data given below showing the focal length of three concave mirrors A, B and C and the respective
distances of objects placed in front of the mirrors:
Case Mirror Focal Length (cm) Object Distance (cm)
1 A 20 45
2 B 15 30
3 C 30 20
(i) In which one of the above cases the mirror will form a diminished image of the object? Justify your answer.
(ii) List two properties of the image formed in case 2.
(iii) What is the nature and size of the image formed by mirror C? Draw ray diagram to justify your answer.

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 Section D (4 marks)
17. Ramesh visits an eye specialist who diagnoses him with difficulty seeing nearby objects. The doctor
prescribes a lens of +2 D.
a) Name the defect of vision Ramesh is suffering from.
b) What is the focal length of the prescribed lens in cm?
c) Draw a ray diagram to show how the defect is corrected.
d) What is the least distance of distinct vision for a normal human eye?
18. Draw a neat labelled diagram of the human eye. Explain the functions of its parts (any four). Also, explain
what happens in the case of hypermetropia and how it is corrected with the help of a ray diagram.
19. Name and explain the phenomenon of light due to which the path of a beam of light becomes visible when it
enters a smoke filled room through a small hole. Also state the dependence of colour of the light we receive
on the size of the particle of the medium through which the beam of light passes.
20. A student places a glass prism on a table near a window and allows a narrow beam of white light to fall on
one face. On a white screen placed on the other side, a band of seven colours is seen.
a) Name the phenomenon observed.
b) Which colour deviates the most and why?
c) Why does white light split inside the prism and not in a glass slab?
d) Draw a ray diagram showing dispersion through a prism.
21. Draw ray diagrams and explain the image formation by a convex lens when the object is placed at different
positions: (a) At infinity, (b) Beyond 2F, (c) At 2F, (d) Between F and 2F, and (e) Between F and O. Also
state the nature of the images in each case.

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