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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 an Old Man - Science

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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 an old man

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उत्तर

 If the person is an old man, then the defect of vision is presbyopia. It usually occurs in old age when a person cannot see nearby objects clearly because of the loss of the eye's power of accommodation.

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पाठ 6: The Human Eyes And The Colorful World - Exercise 2 [पृष्ठ २८१]

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लखमीर सिंह Physics (Science) [English] Class 10
पाठ 6 The Human Eyes And The Colorful World
Exercise 2 | Q 51.1 | पृष्ठ २८१

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