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What is the Other Name For Myopia - Science

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What is the other name for 

 myopia

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उत्तर

The other name of myopia is short-sightedness.

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पाठ 6: The Human Eyes And The Colorful World - Exercise 2 [पृष्ठ २७९]

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लखमीर सिंह Physics (Science) [English] Class 10
पाठ 6 The Human Eyes And The Colorful World
Exercise 2 | Q 5.1 | पृष्ठ २७९

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संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Name the defect of vision in a person: 

whose far point is less than infinity


Name one defect of vision (or eye) which cannot be corrected by any type of spectacle lenses.


A man can read the number of a distant but clearly but he finds difficulty in reading a book.  

What type of spectacle lens should he use to correct the  defect?


A student sitting in the last row of the class-room is not able to read clearly the writing on the blackboard. 

 Name the type of defect he is suffering from.


 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? 


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 person can read a book clearly only if he holds it at an arm's length from him. Name the defect of vision:
 if the person is an old man


What is meant by optical illusion? Give one example.


Enumerate the common defects of vision, their causes and the possible methods of correcting them.


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.


Given below is a diagram depicting a defect of the human eye? Study the same and answer the question that follow:

Give two possible reasons for this defect of the eye in human beings.


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 is unable to see objects distinctly placed within 50 cm from his eyes.

(a) Name the defect of vision the person is suffering from and list its two possible causes.

(b) Draw a ray diagram to show the defect in the above case.

(c) Mention the type of lens used by him for the correction of the defect and calculate its power. Assume that the near point for the normal eye is 25 cm.

(d) Draw a labeled diagram for the correction of the defect in the above case.


Give Technical Term:
The path which responsible for protecting the eye from sweat.


Assertion: Myopia is the defect of vision in which a person cannot see distant objects clearly.

Reason: This due to eye-ball being too short.


When do we consider a person to be myopic or hypermetropic? Explain using diagrams how the defects associated with myopic and hypermetropic eye can be corrected?


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