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प्रश्न
Name the defect of vision which makes the eye-lens cloudy resulting in blurred vision.
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उत्तर
Cataract is the defect of vision that makes the eye lens cloudy, causing blurred vision.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
In a Std. X class out of 40 students 10 students use spectacles, 2 students have positive power and 8 students have negative power of lenses in their spectacles.
Answer the following questions:
(1) What does the negative power indicate?
(2) What does the positive power indicate?
(3) Generally which type of spectacles do most of the students use?
(4) What defect of eyesight do most of the students suffer from?
(5) Give two possible reasons for the above defect.
A student is unable to see clearly the words written on the blackboard placed at a distance of approximately 4 m from him. Name the defect of vision the boy is suffering from. Explain the method of correcting this defect.
Draw ray diagram for the:-
(i) defect of vision and also
(ii) for its correction.
Explain two possible reasons of myopia. How can it be corrected? Explain with a suitable diagram.
What is the scientific name of
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.
An eye has a near point distance of 0.75 m. What sort of lens in spectacles would be needed to reduce the near point distance to 0.25 m? Also calculate the power of lens required. Is this eye long-sighted or short-sighted?
An eye has a far point of 2 m. What type of lens in spectacles would be needed to increase the far point to infinity? Also calculate the power of lens required. Is this eye long-sighted or short-sighted?
The defect of vision which cannot be corrected by using spectacles is:
(a) myopia
(b) presbyopia
(c) cataract
(d) hypermetropia
A person can read a book clearly only if he holds it at an arm's length from him. Name the defect of vision:
if the person is a young man
Given below is a diagram depicting a defect of the human eye. Study the same and answer the question that follow:

Name the defect shown in the diagram.
State one role of ciliary muscles in the human eye.
An old man cannot see objects closer than 1 m from the eye clearly. Name the defect of vision he is suffering from. How can it be corrected? Draw ray diagram for the (i) defect of vision and also (ii) for its correction.
Name the following:
The photosensitive pigment present in the rod cells of the retina.
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.

Differentiate between:
Short-sightedness and Long-sightedness.
What type of lens is used to correct Hypermetropia?
Complete the following sentence with appropriate word :
An inability to focus on nearby objects due to loss of elasticity of the lens with age is called Iris.
Which of the following statement is correct?
State reasons for Myopia. With the help of ray diagrams, show the:
- image formation by a myopic eye, and
- correction of myopia using an appropriate lens.
Given alongside is a diagram depicting a defect of the human eye. Study the same and answer the questions that follow:
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- Name the defect shown in the diagram.
- Give two possible reasons for this defect.
- Name the parts labelled 1 to 4.
- Name the type of lens used to correct this eye defect.
- Draw a labelled diagram to show how the above mentioned defect is rectified using the lens named above.

