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प्रश्न
What are the two most common defects of vision (or defects of eye)? How are they corrected?
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उत्तर
The two most common defects of vision (or defects of the eye) are the following.
1. Myopia (short-sightedness or near-sightedness): Myopia is an eye defect because of which a person cannot see faraway objects clearly but can see nearby objects normally. By using spectacles with concave lenses, myopia can be corrected, as a concave lens reduces the converging power of the eye lens and therefore forms the images of faraway objects on the retina of the myopic eye.
2. Hypermetropia (long-sightedness or far-sightedness): Hypermetropia is an eye defect because of which a person cannot see nearby objects clearly but can see faraway objects normally. By using spectacles with convex lenses, hypermetropia can be corrected, as a convex lens increases the converging power of the eye lens and therefore forms the images of nearby objects on the retina of the hypermetropic eye.
The two most common defects of vision (or defects of the eye) are the following.
1. Myopia (short-sightedness or near-sightedness): Myopia is an eye defect because of which a person cannot see faraway objects clearly but can see nearby objects normally. By using spectacles with concave lenses, myopia can be corrected, as a concave lens reduces the converging power of the eye lens and therefore forms the images of faraway objects on the retina of the myopic eye.
2. Hypermetropia (long-sightedness or far-sightedness): Hypermetropia is an eye defect because of which a person cannot see nearby objects clearly but can see faraway objects normally. By using spectacles with convex lenses, hypermetropia can be corrected, as a convex lens increases the converging power of the eye lens and therefore forms the images of nearby objects on the retina of the hypermetropic eye.
The two most common defects of vision (or defects of the eye) are the following.
1. Myopia (short-sightedness or near-sightedness): Myopia is an eye defect because of which a person cannot see faraway objects clearly but can see nearby objects normally. By using spectacles with concave lenses, myopia can be corrected, as a concave lens reduces the converging power of the eye lens and therefore forms the images of faraway objects on the retina of the myopic eye.
2. Hypermetropia (long-sightedness or far-sightedness): Hypermetropia is an eye defect because of which a person cannot see nearby objects clearly but can see faraway objects normally. By using spectacles with convex lenses, hypermetropia can be corrected, as a convex lens increases the converging power of the eye lens and therefore forms the images of nearby objects on the retina of the hypermetropic eye.v
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain two possible reasons of myopia. How can it be corrected? Explain with a suitable diagram.
Name the body part with which the terms myopia and hypermetropia are connected.
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?
Explain with the help of labelled ray-diagram, the defect of vision called hypermetropia, and hot it is corrected by a lens.
A person having short-sight cannot see objects clearly beyond a distance of 1.5 m. What would be the nature and power of the corrective lens to restore proper vision?
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?
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?
Name the following:
The eye defect caused due to shortening of the eye ball from front to back.
What is meant by optical illusion? Give one example.
Given below is a diagram depicting a defect of the human eye. Study the same and answer the question that follow:

Name the defect shown in the diagram.
A person is unable to read a book placed closer than 1 meter from his eyes. Identify the defect of vision in his eyes. Draw the ray diagrams to show the defect of vision and its correction.
Draw a ray diagram to show how Hypermetropia is defect can be corrected using a lens.
Rewrite the following table so as to match second and third column with first column.
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Column I
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Column II
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Column III
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(i) Myopia
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Old age problem
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Bifocal lens
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(ii) Presbyopia
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Nearsightedness
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Concave lens.
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Name the common defects of the eye.
Give Reason:
Older people require glasses to read and write.
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.

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.
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.
Observe the following diagram and answer questions following it:

- Identify the defect of vision shown.
- List its two causes.
- Name the type of lens used for the correction of this defect.
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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