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प्रश्न
Differentiate between:
Short-sightedness and Long-sightedness.
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उत्तर
| Short-Sightedness | Long-Sightedness |
| (i) The inability of the eye lens to focus images of distant objects on the retina; so the images fall in front of the retina. | The inability of the eye lens to focus near object images on the retina; so the images fall beyond the retina. |
| (ii) It is corrected by using glasses of a concave lens. | It is corrected by using glasses of a convex lenses. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the importance of ciliary muscles in the human eye. Name the defect of vision that arises due to gradual weakening of the ciliary muscles. What types of lenses are required by the person suffering from this defect to see the objects clearly?
Akshay, sitting in the last row in his class, could not see clearly the words write on the blackboard. When the teacher noticed it, he announced if any student sitting in the front row could volunteer to exchange his seat with Akshay. Salman immediately agreed to exchange his seat with Akshay. He could now see the words written on the blackboard clearly. The teacher thought it fit to send the message to Akshay’s parents advising them to get his eyesight checked.
In the context of the above event, answer the following questions:-
(a) Which defect of vision is Akshay suffering from? Which type of lens is used to correct this defect?
(b) State the values displayed by the teacher and Salman.
(c) In your opinion, in what way can Akshay express his gratitude towards the teacher and Salman?
A student suffering from myopia is not able to see distinctly the objects placed beyond 5 m. List two possible reasons due to which this defect of vision may have arisen. With the help of ray diagrams, explain
(i) why the student is unable to see distinctly the objects placed beyond 5 m from his eyes.
(ii) the type of the corrective lens used to restore proper vision and how this defect is corrected by the use of this lens.
(b) If, in this case, the numerical value of the focal length of the corrective lens is 5 m, find the power of the lens as per the new Cartesian sign convention
The kind of lens required to correct Myopia
Name the defect of vision which makes the eye-lens cloudy resulting in blurred vision.
The defect of vision in which the eye-lens of a person gets progressively cloudy resulting in blurred vision is called:
(a) myopia
(b) presbyopia
(c) colourblindness
(d) cataract
The picture given here shows a person wearing 'half-moon' spectacles. What sort of eye-defect do do you think he has? Why are these particular spectacles useful to him?
Differentiate between members of the following pair with reference to what is asked in the bracket.
Rods and cones (sensitivity).
Name the following:
The photosensitive pigment present in the rod cells of the retina.
Select the odd one in the following series:
Endolymph, Tympanic membrane, Semi-circular canal, Blind spot.
The diagram alongside represents a section of a mammalian eye.
(i) Label the parts 1 to 5 of the diagram.
(ii) State the function of the parts labelled 4 and 5.
(iii) With the help of a diagram show the short sightedness.
