A person finds difficulty in seeing nearby objects clearly.His vision can be corrected by using spectacles containing :
converging lenses
diverging lenses
prismatic lenses
chromatic lenses
Myopia can be corrected by using
concave lenses
contact lenses
convex lenses
The red colour of the sun at the time of sunrise and sunset is because :
red colour is least scattered
blue colour is least scattered
red colour is most scattered
blue colour is most scattered
The least distance of distinct vision for a young adult with normal vision is about :
25 m
2.5 cm
25 cm
2.5 m
The sky appears to an astronaut in
blue colour
black
Indigo
white
We can see the sun before the actual sunrise by about :
5 minutes
2 minutes
2 hours
20 minutes
Instruments used in astronomical investigations are
microscopes
optical telescopes
radio telescopes
both (2) and (3)
The stars appear higher in the sky than they actually are, due to :
diffraction of light
scattering of light
refraction of light
reflection of light
The size of the pupil of the eye is adjusted by :
cornea
ciliary muscles
optic nerve
iris
The atmospheric refraction of light causes the twinkling of :
planets only
stars only
planets and stars
stars and satellites