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ScienceClass 10CBSE

1.      What is the difference in colours of the Sun observed during sunrise/sunset and noon? Give explanation for each.

Sun appears red at sunrise and sunset : At sinrise and sunset, sun is closer to the horizon. The sunlight passes through denser layer of air and covers larger distance before reaching our eyes. Most of the blue light gets scattered. And red color reaches us which make the sun appears red at sunrise. At noon, the sun is overhead. The sunlight passes through layers of air and covers shorter distance before reaching our eye. So, almost all colours of light are scattered equally. Hence the sun appears white.

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1.      Why is the colour of the clear sky blue?

Blue is the colour in visible spectrum which is having maximum scattering. This makes the blue colour to reach us and the sky appears blue.

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1.      Why do we see a rainbow in the sky only after rainfall?

Rainbow is caused by dispersion of sunlight by tiny water droplets, present in the atmosphere. A rainbow is always formed in a direction opposite to that of the Sun. The water droplets act like small prisms. They refract and disperse the incident sunlight, then reflect it internally, and finally refract it again when it comes out of the raindrop.

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1.      Is the position of a star as seen by us its true position? Justify your answer.

Star light undergo continuous refraction on entering earth’s atmosphere. Refraction occurs in a medium of gradually changing refractive index. Since the atmosphere bends starlight towards the normal, the apparent position of the star is slightly different from its actual position. The star appears slightly higher (above) than its actual position.

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1.      How are we able to see nearby and also the distant objects clearly?

Our eyes can focus on the images from varied distance by changing its focal length of lens. Action of Ciliary muscle helps changing focal length of the lens.

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1. Which of the following statement is correct? (a) A person with myopia can see distant objects clearly (b) A person with hypermetropia can see nearby objects clearly (c) A person with myopia can see nearby objects clearly A person with hypermetropia cannot see distant objects clearly

Answer is (c) A person with myopia can see nearby objects clearly Explanation: Myopia is a condition where a person cannot see the distant objects clears and he can see nearer objects clearly. Hypermetropia is a condition in which a person cannot see the nearer object clearly but he can see the distant objects clearly.

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1. The focal length of the eye lens increases when eye muscles (a) are relaxed and lens becomes thinner (b) contract and lens becomes thicker (c) are relaxed and lens becomes thicker contract and lens becomes thinner

Answer is (a) are relaxed and lens becomes thinner

ScienceClass 10CBSE

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 pupil

Answer is (b) outer surface of the cornea Explanation: Cornea is a thin membrane through which light is entered. The incident light rays are bent due to cornea and are converged which results in image formation at retina. So, most of the refraction occurs at the iris of the eye.

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1. The bluish colour of water in deep sea is due to (a) the presence of algae and other plants found in water (b) reflection of sky in water (c) scattering of light absorption of light by the sea

Answer is (b) reflection of sky in water Explanation: Water is colorless water attains the color it is reflected by. Hence sea appears blue.

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1. Which of the following phenomena contributes significantly to the reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise or sunset? (a) Dispersion of light (b) Scattering of light (c) Total internal reflection of light Reflection of light from the earth

Answer is (b) Scattering of light Explanation: Because red color scatters the least it travels long distance. During sunset or sunrise light has to travel long distance to reach the earth. Hence light will be red when it reaches us.

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1. The danger signals installed at the top of tall buildings are red in colour. These can be easily seen from a distance because among all other colours, the red light (a) is scattered the most by smoke or fog (b) is scattered the least by smoke or fog (c) is absorbed the most by smoke or fog moves fastest in air

Answer is (b) is scattered the least by smoke or fog Explanation: Wavelength of red color is the largest thus it can easily be seen from a distance. It is the color which is least scattered by the smoke or smog.

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1. Which of the following statements is correct regarding the propagation of light of different colours of white light in air? (a) Red light moves fastest (b) Blue light moves faster than green light (c) All the colours of the white light move with the same speed Yellow light moves with the mean speed as that of the red and the violet light

Answer is (c) All the colours of the white light move with the same speed

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1. The clear sky appears blue because (a) blue light gets absorbed in the atmosphere (b) ultraviolet radiations are absorbed in the atmosphere (c) violet and blue lights get scattered more than lights of all other colours by the atmosphere light of all other colours is scattered more than the violet and blue colour lights by the atmosphere

Answer is (c) violet and blue lights get scattered more than lights of all other colors by the atmosphere .

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1. Twinkling of stars is due to atmospheric (a) dispersion of light by water droplets (b) refraction of light by different layers of varying refractive indices (c) scattering of light by dust particles internal reflection of light by clouds

Answer is (b) refraction of light by different layers of varying refractive indices Explanation: Refraction of light keeps the position of source of light change. This will make the stars sparkle.

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1. Which of the following phenomena of light are involved in the formation of a rainbow? (a) Reflection, refraction and dispersion (b) Refraction, dispersion and total internal reflection (c) Refraction, dispersion and internal reflection Dispersion, scattering and total internal reflection

Answer is (c) Refraction, dispersion and internal reflection Explanation: Dispersion of light leads to scattering of white light into different color to an angle to cause internal reflection.rs. Refraction bends incident light leading to the formation of rainbow.

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1. 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 red colour is scattered the most

Soln: Answer is (b) all the colours of the white light are scattered away Explanation: This is due to dispersion of light by the atmosphere.

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1. 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 text book. 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 The far point of his eyes has receded away

Soln: Answer is (a) The near point of his eyes has receded away Explanation: Near point of eye move away for 25 cm in hypermetropia. Hence person should keep the book 25 cm apart to read properly.

ScienceClass 10CBSE

A person cannot see distinctly objects kept beyond 2 m. This defect can be corrected by using a lens of power (a) + 0.5 D (b) – 0.5 D (c) + 0.2 D (d) – 0.2 D

The person is Myopic and he need a concave mirror hence the power would be in negative. P= 1= 1 = 0.5 DAnswer is (b) – 0.5 D

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1.      What is Joule’s heating effect? How can it be demonstrated experimentally? List its four applications in daily life.

Soln: According to Joules heating effect heat produces in a resistor is Directly proportional to square of current for the given Directly proportional to resistance for a given current, Directly proportional to the time of current flowing through the This can be expressed as H = I2Rt H is heating effect, I is electric current, R is resistance and t is time. Experiment to demonstrate Joules law of heating Take a water heating immersion rod and connect to a socket which is connected to It Is important to recall that a regulator controls the amount of current flowing through a device. Keep the pointer of regulator on minimum and count the time taken by immersion rod to heat a certain amount of water. Increase the pointer of regulator to next Count the time taken by immersion rod to heat the same amount of water. Repeat above step for higher levels on regulator to count the time. Observation: It is seen that with increased amount of electric current, less time is required o heat the same amount of water. This shows Joule's Law of Heating. Application: Electric toaster, oven, electric kettle and electric heater etc. work on the basis of leafing effect of current.

ScienceClass 10CBSE

1. Three incandescent bulbs of 100 W each are connected in series in an electric circuit. In another circuit another set of three bulbs of the same wattage are connected in parallel to the same source. (a) Will the bulb in the two circuits glow with the same brightness? Justify your answer. (b) Now let one bulb in both the circuits get fused. Will the rest of the bulbs continue to glow in each circuit? Give reason.

Resistance of the bulbs in series will be three times the resistance of single Hence, the current in the series combination will be one-third compared to current in each bulb in parallel combination. The parallel combination bulbs will glow more brightly. The bulbs in series combination will stop glowing as the circuit is broken and current is However the bulbs in parallel combination shall continue to glow with the same brightness.

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