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प्रश्न
Enumerate the common defects of vision, their causes and the possible methods of correcting them.
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उत्तर
| Defect of vision | Cause | Corrective measure |
| Myopia | Lengthening of eye ball from front to back or the lens is too curved. | Using suitable concave lens |
| Hyperopia | Shortening of eye ball from front to back or the lens is too flat. | Using suitable convex lens |
| Astigmatism | Uneven curvature of the cornea | Using suitable cylindrical lenses |
| Presbyopia | Loss of flexibility of lens | Using suitable convex lens |
| Cataract | Lens turning opaque | Surgery or use of convex lens or implantation of plastic lens. |
| Colour blindness | Genetic defect | No control measure |
| Squint | Formation of cross-eye | Surgery and suitable exercise |
संबंधित प्रश्न
In a Std. X class out of 40 students 10 students use spectacles, 2 students have positive power and 8 students have negative power of lenses in their spectacles.
Answer the following questions:
(1) What does the negative power indicate?
(2) What does the positive power indicate?
(3) Generally which type of spectacles do most of the students use?
(4) What defect of eyesight do most of the students suffer from?
(5) Give two possible reasons for the above defect.
Explain two possible reasons of myopia. How can it be corrected? Explain with a suitable diagram.
What is the other name of old age hypermetropia?
A man can read the number of a distant bus clearly but he finds difficulty in reading a book.
- From which defect of the eye is he suffering?
- What type of spectacle lens should he use to correct the defect?
What are the two most common defects of vision (or defects of eye)? How are they corrected?
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.
What is meant by optical illusion? Give one example.
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.
Given below is a diagram depicting a defect of the human eye? Study the same and answer the question that follow:
Name the parts labeled 1 to 4.
A person cannot see distinctly objects kept beyond 2 m. This defect can be corrected by using a lens of power:
