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प्रश्न
Differentiate between:
Myopia and Hypermetropia.
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उत्तर
| Myopia | Hypermetropia |
| The lengthening of the eyeball or the lens is too curved causes this defect. | The shortening of the eyeball or flattening of the eye lens causes this defect. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Given below is a diagram showing a defect of human eye. Study it and answer the following questions.

(i) Name the defect shown in the figure.
(ii) Give reason for this defect of eye in human being.
(iii) Name the type of lens used to correct the eye defect.
A student sitting in the last row of the class-room is not able to read clearly the writing on the blackboard.
- Name the type of defect he is suffering from.
- How can this defect by corrected?
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
Differentiate between members of the following pair with reference to what is asked in the bracket.
Rods and cones (sensitivity).
Name an old age eye defect. What happens in it?
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?
Explain the Term: Astigmatism
Explain the Term: Cataract
A person is unable to see clearly a poster fixed on a distant wall. He however sees it clearly when standing at a distance of about 2 m from the wall.
- Draw ray diagram to show the formation of image by his eye lens when he is far away from the wall.
- List two possible reasons of this defect of vision.
- Draw ray diagram to show the correction of this defect using appropriate lens.
Have a look at the posture of this girl who is reading a book and answer the questions which follow:
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- Name the problem she is facing.
- What are the two conditions shown in sections A and B of the eye as applicable to her.
- What kind of reading glasses does she need?
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| A | B |



