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Question
Though a woman can see the distant object clearly, she cannot see the nearby objects clearly. She is suffering from the defect of vision called:
(a) long-sight
(b) short-sight
(c) hind-sight
(d) mid-sight
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Solution
long sight
As the woman can see distant objects clearly, but not nearby objects, she is suffering from the defect of vision called long sight.
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