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प्रश्न
Distinguish between the following pair of words:
Myopia and hypermetropia
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उत्तर
| Myopia | hypermetropia |
| (i) The image of distant object is produced in the front and not on the retina . | (i) The image is produced beyond the retina as the light rays are unable to converge on the retina. |
| (ii) It results from abnormally long eyeball . | (ii) It results from abnormally short eyeball. |
| (iii) The defect can be produced by high convexity of the lens . | (iii) The defect can be produced by low convexity of the lens . |
| (iv) It can be corrected by the use of spectacles having concave lens . | (iv) It can be corrected by the use of spectacles having convex lens . |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is the other name for
hypermetropia
Where is the near point of a person suffering from hypermetropia (or long-sightedness)?
What is short-sightedness? State the two causes of short-sightedness (or myopia). With the help of ray diagrams, show:
(i) the eye-defect short-sightedness.
(ii) correction of short-sightedness by using a lens.
Name the following:
The eye defect caused due to shortening of the eye ball from front to back.
Describe the mechanism of focusing the image of a distant object in your eye when you raise your head after reading a book.
A student cannot see a chart hanging on a wall placed at a distance of 3 m from him. Name the defect of vision he is suffering from. How can it be corrected? Draw ray diagrams for the (i) defect of vision and also (ii) for its correction.
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.

Rewrite the following table so as to match second and third column with first column.
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Column I
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Column II
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Column III
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(i) Myopia
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Old age problem
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Bifocal lens
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(ii) Presbyopia
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Nearsightedness
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Concave lens.
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Observe the given below the figure, correct it and explain and write about the concept depicted in this figure.

