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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.
Write the importance of ciliary muscles in the human eye. Name the defect of vision that arises due to gradual weakening of the ciliary muscles. What types of lenses are required by the person suffering from this defect to see the objects clearly?
Akshay, sitting in the last row in his class, could not see clearly the words write on the blackboard. When the teacher noticed it, he announced if any student sitting in the front row could volunteer to exchange his seat with Akshay. Salman immediately agreed to exchange his seat with Akshay. He could now see the words written on the blackboard clearly. The teacher thought it fit to send the message to Akshay’s parents advising them to get his eyesight checked.
In the context of the above event, answer the following questions:-
(a) Which defect of vision is Akshay suffering from? Which type of lens is used to correct this defect?
(b) State the values displayed by the teacher and Salman.
(c) In your opinion, in what way can Akshay express his gratitude towards the teacher and Salman?
A person with a myopic eye cannot see objects beyond 1.2 m distinctly. What should be the type of the corrective lens used to restore proper vision?
What is the scientific name of
short-sightedness
What is the scientific name of
long-sightedness?
Your friend can read a book perfectly well but cannot read the writing on blackboard unless she sits on the front row in class.
Is she short-sighted or long-sighted?
Explain with the help of labelled ray-diagram, the defect of vision called hypermetropia, and hot it is corrected by a lens.
A person suffering from the eye-defect myopia (short-sightedness) can see clearly only up to a distance of 2 metres. What is the nature and power of lens required to rectify this defect?
Which part of the eye is grafted in a needy patient from a donated eye?
Observer the following diagram and answer the questions.
a) Which eye defect is shown in this diagram?
b) What are the possible reasons for this eye defect?
c) How this defect is corrected, write it in brief?
