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Question
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
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Solution
If the person is an old man, then the defect of vision is presbyopia. It usually occurs in old age when a person cannot see nearby objects clearly because of the loss of the eye's power of accommodation.
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