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Differentiate Between: Short-sightedness and Long-sightedness. - Biology

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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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पाठ 8: The Nervous System and Sense Organs - Differentiate

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आईसीएसई Biology [English] Class 10 ICSE
पाठ 8 The Nervous System and Sense Organs
Differentiate | Q 4

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