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HUMAN EYE
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
By: Sanjay Gupta
1. When light rays enter the eye, most of the refraction occurs at the
(a) Crystalline lens (b) outer surface of the cornea
(c) iris (d) pupi
2. The focal length of the eyelens increases when eye muscles
(a) are relaxed and lens becomes thinner. (b) contract and lens becomes thicker.
(c) are relaxed and lens becomes thicker. (d) contract and lens becomes thinner
3. The amount of light entering the eye is controlled by
(a) Iris (b) cornea
(c) pupil (d) crystalline lens
4. When the light is very bright
(a) The iris makes the pupil expand.
(b) The iris makes the pupil contract.
(c) Ciliary muscles contract to make the eyelens thicker
(d) Ciliary muscles expand to make the eyelens thinner.
5. Eye lens form the image of an object situated in front of it at retina. The image formed is
(a) virtual, erect and magnified. (b) virtual, inverted and diminished.
(c) real, erect and diminished. (d) real, inverted and diminished.
6. The range of vision of a normal human eye is from
(a) 100 m to 25 cm (b) infinity to 25 m
(c) 1 km to 25 cm (d) infinity to 25 cm
7. The change in focal length of eye lens, so as to focus the image of objects situated at varying
distance in front of eye, is done by the action of the
(a) Pupil (b) retina
(c) Ciliary muscles (d) iris
8. A person cannot see distinctly objects kept beyond 80cm. This defect of eye is known as
(a) Myopia (b) hypermetropia
(b) Presbyopia (d) long sightedness
9. A student sitting on last bench in a classroom cannot see clearly words written on the blackboard.
He is suffering from
(a) Long sightedness
(b) Short sightedness
(c) Astigmatism
(d) Long sightedness as well as short sightedness.
10. A girl can see distant object clearly but cannot see an object situated close to her eye. She is
suffering with
(a) Myopia (b) hypermetropia
(c) Astigmatism (d) presbyopia
11. A student sitting on the last bench can read the letters written on the blackboard but is not able to
read the letters written in his textbook. Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) The near point of his eyes has receded away.
(b) The near point of his eyes has come closer to him.
(c) The far point of his eyes has come closer to him.
(d) The far point of his eyes has receded away.
12. When light travels from one medium to another which are separated by a sharp boundary, the
characteristic which does not change is
(a) Speed (b) wavelength
(c) Frequency (d) velocity
13. Stars twinkle due to
(a) Atmospheric refraction (b) atmospheric reflection.
(c) Scattering of light (d) dispersion of light.
14. Which of the following diagrams represents refraction of light through a prism correctly?

A A A A

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(a) Diagram (i) (b) Diagram (ii) (c) Diagram (iii) (d) Diagram (iv)

15. When a beam of white light passes through a glass prism, it splits up into seven colours. This
phenomenon is due to
(a) refraction of light (b) dispersion of light.
(c) Diffraction of light (d) absorption of light.
16. When white light passes through a glass prism
(a) Red coloured ray undergoes maximum deviation.
(b) Green coloured ray undergoes minimum deviation.
(c) Blue coloured ray undergoes minimum deviation.
(d) Violet coloured ray undergoes maximum deviation.
17. Which of the following phenomena of light are involved in the formation of a rainbow?
(a) Reflection, refraction and dispersion.
(b) Reflection, dispersion and scattering.
(c) Reflection, dispersion and internal reflection.
(d) Dispersion, scattering and refraction.
18. On account of atmospheric refraction.
(a) Sun appears 4 minutes before actual sunrise.
(b) Sun disappears 4 minutes before actual sunset.
(c) Sun is visible 2 minutes before actual sunrise.
(d) Sun becomes visible 2 minutes after actual sunrise.
19. At noon the sun appears white as
(a) Light is least scattered.
(b) All the colours of the white light are scattered away.
(c) Blue colour is scattered the most.
(d) Red colour is scattered the most.
 20. The sky appears reddish at the sunset due to the fact, that
(a) Blue-violet light has been scattered least.
(b) Red light is scattered most.
(c) Blue light has been mostly scattered but red light has scattered the least.
(d) For red light the angle of refraction is less than for blue light.
21. Choose the correct depiction for dispersion of white light on passing through a prism.

Red White
White A A A A

(a) Violet (b) Red (c) Yellow (d) Green

(a) Fig.(a) (b) Fig.(b) (c) Fig. (c) (d) Fig. (d)

22. If the earth had no atmosphere, the sky would have looked
(a) Brown (b) black (c) white (d) blue.
23. The clear sky appears blue because
(a) Blue light gets easily absorbed in the atmosphere.
(b) Blue-violet light gets scattered less than other colours.
(c) Blue-violet light gets scattered more than light of all other colours by the atmosphere.
(d) Ultraviolet radiations are absorbed in the atmosphere.
24. An astronaut lands his spacecraft on the surface of moon and observes the sky. He will find the
colour of sky as
(a) Deep blue (b) light blue (c) white (d) dark
25. Which of the following phenomena contributes significantly to the reddish appearance of the sun
at sunrise of sunset?
(a) Dispersion of light (b) Scattering of light
(c) Reflection of light (d) Refraction of light
26. Danger signals installed at airports and at the top of tall buildings all of red colour. These signals are
visible from a distance. It is because
(a) Red coloured light is scattered the most from atmosphere particles.
(b) Red coloured light is scattered the least atmosphere particles
(c) Red coloured light is absorbed most by smoke or fog present in atmosphere.
(d) Red coloured light suffers minimum deviation in hot air of atmosphere.
27. Water in deep sea appears bluish. It is due to the
(a) Presence of algae and other plants found in water.
(b) Image of sky farmed in water.
(c) Absorption of light by the sea.
(d) Scattering of light.
28. For correction of myopia and hypermetropia defects of vision one should use
(a) Convex lens for both defects.
(b) Concave lens for both defects.
(c) Convex lens for myopia and concave lens for hypermetropia.
(d) Concave lens for myopia and convex lens for hypermetropia.
29. A person cannot see distinctly objects kept beyond 2 m. This defect can be corrected by using a
lens of power
(a) +.05 (b) .05 (c) +2.0 (d) 2.0
30. While doing experiment to trace the path of a ray of light through a triangular glass prism, a
student is not getting emergent ray in straight line. The probable reason for that may be
(i) He did not mark the boundary of prism.
(ii) While performing experiment prism got displaced from its original position.
(iii) Pins used to trace the path were not exactly vertical.
(iv) Pins used to trace the path were not in straight line.
The correct answer is
(a) Only (i) (b) only (ii)
(c) (iii) and (iv) (d) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
31. The human eye can focus objects at different distances by adjusting the focal length of eye lens.
This is due to
(a) Presbyopia (b) accommodation
(c) Near sightedness (d) far sightedness
32. A student traces the path of a ray of light through a triangular glass prism for different values of
angles of incidence. On analysing the ray diagrams, which one of the following conclusions is he
likely to draw?
(a) The emergent ray is parallel to the incident ray.
(b) The emergent ray bends at an angle to the direction of the incident ray.
(c) The emergent ray and the refracted ray are at right angles to each other.
(d) The emergent ray is perpendicular to the incident ray.
33. A prism
 (with BC as base) is placed in different orientations. A narrow beam of white light is
incident on the prism as shown in figure. In which of the following cases, after dispersion, the third
colour from the top corresponds to the colour of the sky
A
B C

B C A
(i) (ii)

c C

A
A

(iii) B B (iv)

(a) (i) (b) (ii)

(c) (iii) (d) (iv)
34. The human eye forms the image of an object at its
(a) Cornea (b) iris
(c) Pupil (d) retina
35. The least distance of distinct vision for a young adult with normal vision is about
(a) 25m (b) 2.5cm
(c) 25cm (d) 2.5m
36. In the following diagram, the path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism is shown

P
Q
Y
X T

In this diagram the angle of incidence, the angle of emergence and the angle of deviation
respectively are
(a) X, R and T (b) Y, Q and T
(c) X, Q and P (d) Y, Q and P
37. 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

P Q

R s
The student who has traced the path correctly is
(a) P (b) Q
(c) R (d) S
38. Out of the four setups of fixing the pins as shown below while tracing the path of ray of light
through a triangular glass prism, the most appropriate and preferred position of pins is

A B

C D

(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
 39. An experiment of tracing the path of light rays through a triangular glass prism was setup in the
laboratory and ray diagram was drawn as shown. The teacher asked the students to identify
refracted ray. The correct answer is
(a) PQ (b) QR
(c) RS (d) NN
40. While performing an experiment of refraction of light through a triangular glass prism, four
students gave the following conclusion after their observations.
A.  =   +
B.  =  + 
C.  =  
D.  =  +  +
The correct conclusion is given by student
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
41. A beam of white light is made to fall on one of the faces of prism by a student. He observed that on
turning the prism slowly, a beautiful band of seven colours marked 1 to 7 is obtained, as shown
below

The colour at position marked 3 is similar to the colour of sky. The colour marked at positions 3 and
6 are respectively
(a) Blue and red (b) blue and yellow
(c) Blue and orange (d) blue and green
42. The change in focal length of eye lens is caused by action of
(a) Pupil (b) retina
(c) Ciliary muscles (d) iris
43. While performing an experiment of dispersion of white light through a prism, four student
represented the dispersion pattern as shown below

R R White
light V
V
White R
light
A B

V R
R
White V
light
White
light
D
C
 The student most likely to have given correct representation is
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
44. A student while doing the experiment of tracing the path of ray light through a triangular glass
prism is not able to see the image of object (pins) properly. This may be due to
(a) Angle of incidence of ray is 40.
(b) Brightness in laboratory.
(c) Use of black coloured paper on which prism is placed.
(d) Dullness of light in laboratory.

45. Which part of human eye is also known as white of the eye?
46. Variable focal length of eye lens is responsible for which property of eye?
47. What is the nature of an image formed on the retina of the eye?
48. Name the part of an eye which is equivalent to
(a) Diaphragm and
(b) Photographic plate, in a camera.
49. Where do we use the property of persistence of vision?
50. Where is the image formed in an eyes suffering from near sightedness?
51. Where is the image formed in an eye suffering from long sightedness?
52. What is the twinkling of stars due to?
53. What is the relation between intensity of scattered light and its amplitude?

54. What happens to the lens and the ciliary muscles when you are looking at nearby objects?
55. Why do we observe random wavering or flicking of the objects near a fire or on a very hot day?
56. A piece of cloth appears red in sunlight. How will it appear when held in the blue portion of a
spectrum?
57. Why are we not able to see the things clearly when we come out of a dark room?
58. Name the phenomena responsible for rainbow formation.
59. Bees are able to see ultraviolet light. Comment.
60. When sunlight enters a dark smoke filled room, its path becomes visible. Name the phenomenon
responsible for this.
61. Why are danger signal lights red in colour?
62. What would have been the colour of the sky, if the earth had no atmosphere?
63. Where do we see
(a) Concave lens and
(b) Convex lens in a bifocal spectacle?
64. A man is wearing glasses of focal length +1, what can be defect in the eye?
65. What happens to the pupil of the eye when the light is
(a) Very bright? (b) very dim?
66. Which part of the eye can be donated after death?
67. How does coloured television sets and computer monitors produce the entire range of colours?
68. Which liquid fill in the space between eye lens and retina?
69. What is the function of the liquid filled in the space between eye lens and retina?
70. Which phenomenon is responsible for increasing the apparent length of the day by 4 min?