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प्रश्न
Differentiate between:
Short-sightedness and Long-sightedness.
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उत्तर
| Short-Sightedness | Long-Sightedness |
| (i) The inability of the eye lens to focus images of distant objects on the retina; so the images fall in front of the retina. | The inability of the eye lens to focus near object images on the retina; so the images fall beyond the retina. |
| (ii) It is corrected by using glasses of a concave lens. | It is corrected by using glasses of a convex lenses. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is the scientific name of
short-sightedness
Name the defect of vision which can be corrected by a diverging lens. Show clearly by a ray diagram how the lens corrects the defect.
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?
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
The diagram alongside represents a section of a mammalian eye.
(i) Label the parts 1 to 5 of the diagram.
(ii) State the function of the parts labelled 4 and 5.
(iii) With the help of a diagram show the short sightedness.

Choose the correct answer :
Presbyopia is a disease of _____________
Name the common defects of the eye.
Give Technical Term:
The type of lens used to correct myopia is
Choose the Odd One Out:
Observe the figure and answer the following questions:

- Name the defect of vision represented in the above figure.
- State the reasons for this defect.
- How is it corrected?
- Draw the diagram to show the correction of this defect.
