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प्रश्न
Your friend can read a book perfectly well but cannot read the writing on blackboard unless she sits on the front row in class.
Is she short-sighted or long-sighted?
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उत्तर
She is short-sighted.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
About 45 lac people in the developing countries are suffering from corneal blindness. About 30 lac children below the age of 12 years suffering from this defect can be cured by replacing the defective cornea with the cornea of a donated eye. How and why can students of your age involve themselves to create awareness about this fact among people?
Name the defect of vision in a person:
whose far point is less than infinity
What is the other name for
hypermetropia
Name the defect of vision which makes the eye-lens cloudy resulting in blurred vision.
Differentiate between myopia and hypermetropia. What type of spectacles should be worn by a person having the defects of myopia as well as hypermetropia? How does it help?
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.
The defect of vision which cannot be corrected by using spectacles is:
(a) myopia
(b) presbyopia
(c) cataract
(d) hypermetropia
A young man has to hold a book at arm's length to be able to read it clearly. The defect of vision is:
(a) astigmatism
(b) myopia
(c) presbyopia
(d) hypermetropia
Name the following:
The photosensitive pigment present in the rods of the retina.
What is meant by optical illusion? Give one example.
Observer the following diagram and answer the questions.
a) Which eye defect is shown in this diagram?
b) What are the possible reasons for this eye defect?
c) How this defect is corrected, write it in brief?

When do we consider a student sitting in the class to be myopic? List two causes of this defect. Explain using a ray diagram how this defect of eye can be corrected.
Have a look at the posture of this woman who is reading a book and answer the questions which follow:

What are the two conditions shown in sections A and B of the eye as applicable to her?
What type of lens is used to correct Astigmatism?
Nearsightedness: elongated eyeball : : farsightedness: _______
Differentiate the eye defects: Myopia and Hypermetropia
A person cannot see distinctly objects kept beyond 2 m. This defect can be corrected by using a lens of power:
Correlate the given sequence:
Hypermetropia : Convex lens : ______ : Concave lens
