EXEMPLAR QUESTIONS BASED ON PREVIOUS YEAR’S PAPER’S

Q1 Draw the path of light as it enters from rarer to denser medium

Q2 Draw the path of light as it enters from denser medium to rarer medium.

Q3 Name the property of light that is used to decide the optical density of the medium.

Q4 Give the definition of the refractive index of medium 2 with respect to the medium 1.

Q5 Name the defect of eye that is likely to affect i) a young person ii) elderly person.

Q6 a) Name the two major defects of vision in human eye?

b) What are their causes?
c) How can they be rectified? Explain any one with the help of a ray diagram.

Q7 Your grandmother uses spectacles while reading. Which defect of vision she is suffering from and which lens is
used in her spectacles?

Q8 A man can read the book clearly kept on desk but finds difficulty in reading a blackboard.
a) Name the type of the defect he is suffering from?
b) How can this defect be corrected?

Q9 An object is placed between the optical center and the focus of convex .draw a ray diagram to show the nature and
position of the image formed?

Q10 Why concave lenses are always called diverging lens?

Q11 A pencil dipped obliquely in water appears bent at the surface .why?
OR
The bottom of the swimming pool appears to be less deep than actually it is?

Q12 a) How is rainbow formed?

b) Draw a neat labeled diagram to show the path of light through parallel faced glass slab

Q12 a) Define dispersion of light.

b) Name the natural phenomenon based on this
c) Give the names of the two extremes colors obsevered in this natural phenomenon.

Q13 State the two effects produced by a prism when a beam of light falls on it?

Q14 state the nature, size and the position of the image formed by a convex lens, when the object is placed
i) between the optical center and the focus.
ii) Beyond its 2F

Q15 State the nature, size and position of the image of an object, formed by a concave lens, when the object is kept
i) between F and 2F points
ii) at its 2f point.

Q16 Name the type of the lens that forms a

i) Magnified image of the nearby object
ii) Virtual erect and diminished image of the object kept at any distance.
Q17 Were should be the object be positioned with respect to a given lens so as to get its magnified image that can be
i) obtained on the screen.
ii) Cannot be obtained on the screen.

Q18 state the position of the object on the principal axis of a convex lens, when image formed is at
a) At focus
b) erect, e enlarged and virtual
Q19
Medium Refractive index
A 1.33
B 1.5

a) Which medium has maximum speed?

b) which medium has minimum speed?
c) Which medium is denser/
d) Q19 Define i) principal axis ii) optical denser

Q20 complete the path of the ray

Q21 State the function of each i) retina ii) ciliary muscles iii) Iris

Q22 Draw the neat labeled diagram of the human eye and label the following parts
i) the coloured diaphragm ii) converging lens iii) gives power of accommodation iv) screen of the eye v)
sends signals from eye to brain.
Q23 a) Name a lens that can form both real and virtual image.
b) Give one use of this lens
c) which defect of vision is corrected by this lens?

Q24 A lens always forms a virtual erect and diminished image of any object. Identify this lens. draw a diagram formed
by this lens.

Q25 What would be the speed of light in water if its refractive index is 4/3. given speed of light in air= 3lakhs km/s

Q26 Draw the diagram of Ursa major constellation .What is its significance with respect to the pole star?

Q27 A student while observing the night sky found a constellation in northern hemisphere, having pole star on the top
of its handle. Name the constellation.

Q28 What is a shooting star? why does it burn completely before reaching the earth?

Q29 consider the diagram

a) state the rule of refraction that follows in the

above diagram
b) which medium D1 or D2 is more optically
denser?
c) Which medium D1 or D2 has more refractive
index?

Q30 An object is placed between optical center and the focus of the convex lens .draw a ray diagram to show the nature
and the position of the image formed.
Q31 a) What is geostationary satellite?
b) What is its time period?
c) Write any two uses of it.
Q32 Name any two constellations that seven prominent star in it.

Q33 Give ant two difference between comet and meteor.

Q34 give difference between meteor and meteorite.

Q35 define kindling temperature. Out of wood and LPG which has high ignition temperature?

Q36 what are the three necessary conditions for combustion to occur?

Q37 why CO2 is used in fire extinguisher?

Q38 name the most common type of fire extinguisher used at home and why?

Q39 Name the product formed a) When C is burnt in the sufficient supply of air. b) When C is burnt in the limited
supply of air

Q40 What do you mean by calorific value of fuel/ Hydrogen has the highest calorific value however it is not used as
domestic fuel .why?

Q41 Explain the three zones of candle flame with diagram.

Q42 a) You are given a convex lens of focal length 30cm. draw a ray diagram to show the nature, size and position of
the image formed when the object is kept at a distance of 45cm from the lens.

Q43 You are given a concave lens of focal length 20cm. draw a ray diagram to show the nature , size and position of
the image formed when the object is kept at a distance of 40cm from the lens.