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1.
What is Kaleidoscope? How can it be made? What are its uses?
2.
Which part of the eye gets affected if someone is suffering from cataract? How is it treated?
3.
Boojho stands at A just on the side of a plane mirror as shown in figure. Can he see himself in the mirror? Also can he see the image of objects situated at P, Q and R?
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4.
How many images of a candle will be formed, if it is placed between two parallel plane mirrors separated by 40 cm?
5.
Mention against each of the following whether regular or diffused reflection will take place when a beam of light strikes. Justify your answer in each case.
(a) Polished wooden table
(b) Chalk powder
(c) Cardboard surface
(d) Marble floor with water spread over it
(e) Mirror
(f) Piece of paper.
6.
Lack of which vitamin causes troubles in our eyes? Name some food stuff to cure this problem.
7.
Write two laws of reflection.
8.
Name the part of the eye which gives colour to the eyes.
9.
Boojho while waving his hand very fast in front of his eyes, observes that his fingers appear blurred. What could be the reason for it?
10.
How many times is a ray of light reflected by two plane mirrors placed parallel and facing each other?
11.
Describe an activity to show that the incident ray, the reflected ray and the normal at the point of incidence, all lie in the same plane.
12.
Last Sunday morning, Pooja decided to see some bollywood movie along with her college friends. When they all entered in the cinema hall, then Pooja found some difficulty in observing the things around her but after few minutes, she got comfortable with the surroundings and she took her seat and spent 3 hrs approximately in seeing the movie. But when all of them made their exit from the all, then Pooja again left some discomfort in her eyes. At the same time, Pooja wore her goggles in order to protect herself from bright sunlight.
(a) Explain the brief that what happens to Pooja's eyes before and after seeing the movie in cinema hall.
(b) State the values showed by Pooja here.
13.
How is the phenomenon of reflection used in making a kaleidoscope? What are the applications of a kaleidoscope?
14.
A man stands 10m in front of a large plane mirror. So, how far must he walk before he is 5 m away from his image?
15.
There is a mistake in each of the following ray diagrams given as figure (a), (b), and (c). Make the necessary correction(s).
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16.
Explain the process which enables us to perceive motion in a cartoon film.
17.
Two mirrors A and B are placed at right angles to each other as shown in Fig. below:

A ray of light incident on mirror A at an angle of 25° falls on mirror B after reflection. The angle of reflection for the ray reflected from mirror B would be:
25°
50°
65°
115°
18.
Which of the following statements is correct regarding rods and cones in the human eye?
Cones are sensitive to dim light
Cones are sensitive to bright light
Rods are sensitive to bright light
Rods can sense colour
19.
Light is falling on surfaces S1, S2, S3 as shown in figure.

Surfaces on which the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection is/are
Only S1
S1 and S2
S2 and S3
All the three surfaces
20.
In the figure of the human eye, the cornea is represented by the letter.

A
B
C
D
21.
We can see a non-luminous object when light
emitted by the object falls on the eye
is reflected from the object towards our eye
completely passes through the object
gets completely absorbed by the object
22.
Part of the eye which controls the entering of light is called
iris
cornea
lens
retina
23.
The impression of an image lasts for _______ second.
24.
Important parts of the eye are _______, ________, _______, _______, _______ and ________.
25.
The muscles attached to the eye lens make it thicker to see _________ objects.
26.
The angle of __________ equals the angle of reflection.
27.
On the blind spot a clear image is formed.
28.
All the rays reflected from a plane surface are not parallel. Such reflection is called diffused reflection.
29.
An unpolished or dull surface can act as a mirror.
30.
The part of the eye that renders colour to it is cornea.
31.
The image formed by a plane mirror is real.
32.
How many kinds of nerve cells are there in retina?
33.
What is sunlight? How many colours it consists of?
34.
What is lateral inversion?
35.
What makes things visible?
36.
The distance between the object and its image formed by a plane mirror appears to be 24 cm, What is the distance between the mirror and the object?
1.
Kaleidoscope is an instrument used to make numerous beautiful patterns.
To make a kaleidoscope get three rectangular mirror strips. Join them together to from a prism. Close one end of tube by cardboard disc having a hole in the centre. Paste a piece of transparent plastic sheet at the other end. Put several small pieces of coloured glass bangles. Allow enough space for the coloured pieces to move around.
Numerous beautiful patterns will be formed. It is used by designers of wall papers and fabrics and artists to get new ideas for new patterns.
2.
In people suffering from cataract, the eye lens becomes clouded. Cataract is treated by replacing the opaque lens with a new artificial lens.
3.
As Boojho is not in the range of reflecting surface rather, he is standing away from the mirror, so he cannot see himself in the mirror. But he can see the image of P which is in the reflecting area but not of Q and R.
4.
Infinite number of images will be formed due to multiple reflections of light.
5.
(a) Polished wooden table As the surface is smooth, so there is a regular reflection through it.
(b) Chalk powder Since, the surface is not smooth or it is uneven, thus there is a diffused reflection through it.
(c) Cardboard surface As its surface is uneven, so it will produce a diffused reflection.
(d) Marble floor with water spread over it As marble floor itself is very smooth, besides this there is a layer of water on it which makes the surface for regular reflection.
(e) Mirror Since, the surface of mirror is smooth, thus it will produce a regular reflection.
(f) Piece of paper Since, the surface is uneven, thus it will produce a diffused reflection.
6.
Lack of vitamin A in food stuff is responsible for many eye troubles. Most common among them is night blindness. One should, therefore, include in the diet components which have vitamin A. Raw carrots, broccoli, green vegetables and cod liver oil are rich in vitamin A. Eggs, milk, curd, cheese, butter and fruits such as papaya and mango are also rich in vitamin A.
7.
The two laws of reflection:
(i)The incident ray, reflected ray and normal lie in the same plane.
(ii)Angle of incidence is always equal to angle of reflection.
8.
Iris has different colours, so the iris gives to its colour the eyes.
9.
Our eyes are not so sensitive for a large speed and when any object is very near, the ciliary muscles cannot focus the object so early.
10.

The ray is reflected infinite times between the two plane mirrors placed parallel to each other.
11.
An activity to show that the incident ray, the reflected ray and the normal at the point of incidence, all lie in the same plane is as follows:
(i) Fix a white sheet of paper on a drawing board or a table.
(ii) Take a comb and drain all its openings except one in the middle using a slack paper.
(iii) Hold the comb perpendicular to the sheet of paper.
(iv) Throw light from a torch through the opening of the comb from one side.
(v) With the adjustment of the torch and comb, we see a ray of light along the paper strike the mirror.
(vi) After striking the mirror the ray of light is reflected in another direction. The ray that strikes any surface is called the incident ray.
(vii) The ray that comes back from the surface after reflection is called the reflected ray.
Theoretically, we can describe the above activity as follows:
(1) Draw a straight horizontal line with small slanted line on it showing the painted side of the mirror as shown in the figure below.

(2) Draw the incident ray, reflected ray and normal as shown such that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection and all the three rays lie in the same plane.
12.
(a) While entering the cinema hall along with her friends, pupil of Pooja's eyes gets expanded due to which for few minutes she was unable to see the things around her. On the other hand, when she made on exit fromthe mall, at that moment, her pupil of her eyes becomes contracted and a large amount of light entered in her eyes due to which she felt discomfort to get things around her. But after few minutes, the pupil size starts increasing and she was able to observe the surroundings.
(b) Pooja seems to be very intelligent and conscious minded as she wore her goggle at the same time when she was feeling discomfort due to the large amount of light coming through the sun rays.
13.
Kaleidoscope is a cylinder with mirrors containing loose, coloured objects such as beads or pebbles and bits of glass. As the viewer looks into one end, light entering the other creates a colourful pattern due to reflection. Its applications are given below:
(i) It works on the principle of multiple reflections, where several mirrors are placed at an angle (usually 60°) to one another. Typically, these are three rectangular mirrors set at 60° to each other so that they form an equilateral triangle.
(ii) The 60° angle creates seven duplicate images of the objects, 5 at 60° and 2 at 90°. As the tube is rotated, the tumbling of the coloured objects presents varying colours and patterns.
(iii) It is used in decoration purposes, toys, etc.
14.
As per the given information point 'O' initial position of the man and I initial position of the image of the man can be show with the help of a figure.

Point O' final position of the man and I' final position of the image of the man. From the figure,
O'P + PI' = 5m [O'P = PI']
\(\Rightarrow\) O'P+ O'P = 5m
\(\Rightarrow\) O'P = 2.5m
Distance walked by the man = OP - O'P
= 10 - 2.5
= 7.5m.
15.
The correct diagrams are as below:
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16.
In a cartoon film, the movement of cartoons is completely perceived by brain after getting signals from optic nerve. Since persistence of vision is completely brain centred.
The image is formed on retina which changes continuously and through optic nerve, signals reach to the brain and brain orders eyes to watchit in continuous motion.
17.
(c)
65°
18.
(b)
Cones are sensitive to bright light
19.
Laws of reflection are always followed whatever be the surface of the object.
20.
The outer part is cornea labelled as C (this is a thin layer).
21.
(b)
is reflected from the object towards our eye
22.
(b)
cornea
23.
( )
1/16
24.
( )
cornea, iris, pupil, lens, retina, optic nerve
25.
( )
Under special conditions
26.
( )
incidence
27.
(b)
28.
(a)
29.
(b)
30.
(b)
31.
(b)
32.
( )
There are two kinds of cells :
(i) Cones: Sensitive to bright light.
(ii) Rods: Sensitive to dim light.
33.
( )
The sunlight is referred to as white light. It consists of seven colours.
34.
( )
In an image formed by a mirror the left side appears on the right side and the right side appears on the left side, this is known as lateral inversion.
35.
( )
Light makes things visible.
36.
( )
Since, object distance from the mirror = Image distance from the mirror.

So, distance between the mirror and the object \({24\over 2}\) = 12 cm.
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