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प्रश्न
Given below is a diagram showing a defect of vision. Name the defect of vision and draw an accurately labelled diagram to correct this defect.

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उत्तर
Name of defect: Farsightedness or hypermetropia
Correction of Farsightedness:

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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is myopia?
Millions of people in the developing countries of the world are suffering from corneal blindness. These persons can be cured by replacing the defective cornea with the cornea of a donated eye. A charitable society of your city has organised a campaign in your neighbourhood in order to create awareness about this fact. If you are asked to participate in this mission, how would you contribute in this noble cause?
(i) State the objective of organising such campaigns.
(ii) List two arguments which you would give to motivate the people to donate their eyes after death.
(iii) List two values which are developed in the persons who actively participate and contribute in such programmes.
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?
Which defect of vision can be rectified:
by using a convex lens?
Name any two defects of vision which can be corrected by using spectacles.
Name one defect of vision (or eye) which cannot be corrected by any type of spectacle lenses.
Your friend can read a book perfectly well but cannot read the writing on blackboard unless she sits on the front row in class.
What type of lenses-converging or diverging-would an optician prescribe for her?
Differentiate between myopia and hypermetropia. What type of spectacles should be worn by a person having the defects of myopia as well as hypermetropia? How does it help?
Name the defect of vision which can be corrected by a converging lens. Show clearly by a ray diagram how the lens corrects the defect.
An eye has a near point distance of 0.75 m. What sort of lens in spectacles would be needed to reduce the near point distance to 0.25 m? Also calculate the power of lens required. Is this eye long-sighted or short-sighted?
The picture given here shows a person wearing 'half-moon' spectacles. What sort of eye-defect do do you think he has? Why are these particular spectacles useful to him?
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?
To read a book held at a distance of 25 cm, will she need converging or diverging spectacle lenses?
Differentiate between members of the following pair with reference to what is asked in bracket.
Myopia and hyperopia (cause of the defect)
Differentiate between members of the following pair with reference to what is asked in the bracket.
Rods and cones (sensitivity).
Describe the mechanism of focusing the image of a distant object in your eye when you raise your head after reading a book.
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?

A student has difficulty reading the blackboard while sitting in the last row. What could be the defect the child is suffering from? How can it be corrected?
Distinguish between the following pair of words:
Myopia and hypermetropia
Write whether the following is true or false:
A convex lens is used for correcting myopia.
Given below is a diagram depicting a defect of the human eye? Study the same and answer the question that follow :

Name the type of lens used to correct this eye defect.
Given below is a diagram depicting a defect of the human eye? Study the same and answer the question that follow:

Draw a labeled diagram to show how the above mentioned defect is rectified using the lens named above.
Give Reason:
Older people require glasses to read and write.
Give Reason:
Deficiency of vitamin A causes night blindness.
Differentiate between:
Myopia and Hypermetropia.
Explain the Term: Presbyopia
Give Technical Term:
The path which responsible for protecting the eye from sweat.
Due to elongation of _______ and increase in curvature of the eye lens, a person cannot see distant objects clearly.
Differentiate the eye defects: Myopia and Hypermetropia
A person cannot see distinctly objects kept beyond 2 m. This defect can be corrected by using a lens of power:
Assertion: Concave mirrors are used as reflectors in torches, vehicle head lights and in search lights.
Reason: When an object is placed beyond the center of curvature of a concave mirror, the image formed is real and inverted.
State reasons for Myopia. With the help of ray diagrams, show the:
- image formation by a myopic eye, and
- correction of myopia using an appropriate lens.
Match the following:
| Column - I | Column - II |
| 1. Retina | a. Path way of light |
| 2. Pupil | b. Far point comes closer |
| 3. Ciliary muscles | c. near point moves away |
| 4. Myopia | d. Screen of the eye |
| 5. Hypermetropia | e. Power of accommodation |
Given alongside is a diagram depicting a defect of the human eye. Study the same and answer the questions that follow:
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- Name the defect shown in the diagram.
- Give two possible reasons for this defect.
- Name the parts labelled 1 to 4.
- Name the type of lens used to correct this eye defect.
- Draw a labelled diagram to show how the above mentioned defect is rectified using the lens named above.
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 |




