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प्रश्न
What is the scientific name of
long-sightedness?
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उत्तर
Hypermetropia is the scientific name of long-sightedness.
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Name the defect of vision in which the eye-lens loses its power of accommodation due to old age.
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(c) colourblindness
(d) cataract
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What eye defect is hypermetropia? Describe with a ray diagram how this defect of vision can be corrected by using an appropriate lens.
Name the following:
The photosensitive pigment present in the rod cells of the retina.
Given below is a diagram depicting a defect of the human eye? Study the same and answer the question that follow:

Name the parts labeled 1 to 4.
The near point of the eye of a person is 50 cm. Find the nature and power of the corrective lens required by the person to enable him to see clearly the objects placed at 25 cm from the eye?
Give Technical Term:
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Choose the Odd One Out:
Myopia and hypermetropia can be corrected by:
When do we consider a person to be myopic or hypermetropic? Explain using diagrams how the defects associated with myopic and hypermetropic eye can be corrected?
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.

