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Differentiate between myopia and hypermetropia. What type of spectacles should be worn by a person having the defects of myopia as well as hypermetropia ?

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Spectacles having bifocal lenses in which upper part consists of concave lens and lower part consists of convex lens
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LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR-THE HUMAN EYE AND THE COLOURFUL WORLD -Exercise
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  2. What are the two most common defects of vision (or defects of eye) ? H...

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  4. Name the defect of vision which can ne corrected by a converging lens....

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  5. Name the defect of vision which can be corrected by a diverging lens. ...

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  6. Example with the help of labelled ray diagram, the defect of vision ca...

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  7. Explain with the help of labelled ray-diagram, the defect of vision ca...

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  8. A person suffering from the eye-defect myopia (short-sightedness) can ...

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  9. What is presbyopia ? Write two causes of this defect. Name the type of...

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  10. When is a person said to have developed cataract in his eye ? How is t...

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  11. Fill in the following blanks with suitable words : A person is short...

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  12. The human eye can focus objects at different distances by adjusting th...

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  13. The defect of vision which cannot be corrected by using spectacles is ...

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  14. A person cannot see the distant objects clearly (though he can see the...

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  15. Though a woman can see the distant objects clearly, she cannot see the...

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  16. A young man has to hold a book at arm's length to be able to read it c...

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  17. After testing the eye of a child, the optician has prescribed the foll...

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  18. A student sitting on the last bench in the class cannot read be writin...

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  19. A man driving a car can read a distant road sign clearly but finds dif...

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  20. The defect of vision which the eye-lens of a person gets progressively...

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