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What is the scientific name of 

long-sightedness?

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उत्तर

Hypermetropia is the scientific name of long-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 6.2 | पृष्ठ २७९

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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.


The kind of lens required to correct Myopia


the biological/technical terms for the lens of eye losing flexibility resulting in a kind of long-sightedness in middle aged people.


Name the defect of vision in a person: 

 whose near point is more than 25 on away.  


 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?


 What is long-sightedness? State the two causes of long-sightedness (or hypermetropia). With the help of ray diagrams, show:
(i) the eye-defect long-sightedness.
(ii) correction of long-sightedness by using a lens.


A young man has to hold a book at arm's length to be able to read it clearly. The defect of vision is:
(a) astigmatism
(b) myopia
(c) presbyopia
(d) hypermetropia


Describe the mechanism of focusing the image of a distant object in your eye when you raise your head after reading a book.


Have a look at the posture of this girl who is reading a book and answer the questions which follow:

Name the problem she is facing.


State one role of ciliary muscles in the human eye.


What eye defect is hypermetropia? Describe with a ray diagram how this defect of vision can be corrected by using an appropriate lens.


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.


The near point of the eye of a person is 50 cm. Find the nature and power of the corrective lens required by the person to enable him to see clearly the objects placed at 25 cm from the eye?


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


Mention, if the following statement is True or False
Hypermetropia is a defect of the eye caused due to the eyeball elongation


 Choose the Odd One Out: 


In Myopia the human eye _______.


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.


What are the causes of ‘Myopia’?


Name the following:

Two kinds of accomodations.


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