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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

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प्रश्न

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

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उत्तर

 cataract

Cataract is the defect of vision because of which the eye lens gets progressively cloudy, resulting in blurred vision.

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अध्याय 3: The Human Eyes And The Colorful World - Exercise 2 [पृष्ठ २८१]

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लखमीर सिंग Physics [English] Class 10
अध्याय 3 The Human Eyes And The Colorful World
Exercise 2 | Q 44 | पृष्ठ २८१

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List three common refractive defects of vision. Suggest the way of correcting these defects.


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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


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 whose near point is more than 25 on away.  


What is the other name for 

 myopia


What is the scientific name of 

long-sightedness?


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A person cannot see the distant objects clearly (though he can see the nearby objects clearly). He is suffering from the defect of vision called:
(a) cataract
(b) hypermetropia
(c) myopia
(d) presbyopia


A short-sighted person has a near point of 15 cm and a far point of 40 cm.
(a) Can he see clearly an object at a distance of:
(i) 5 cm?
(ii) 25 cm?
(iii) 50 cm?
(b) To see clearly an object at infinity, what kind of spectacle lenses does he need?


Name the following:

The eye defect caused due to shortening of the eye ball from front to back.


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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.


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Given below is a diagram depicting a defect of the human eye? Study the same and answer the question that follow :

Name the type of lens used to correct this eye defect.


Name an old age eye defect. Why is it caused?


What type of lens is used to correct Hypermetropia?


 Choose the Odd One Out: 


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