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Give Reason:

Deficiency of vitamin A causes night blindness.

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उत्तर

Because the visual purple (Rhodopsin) of the rods is not formed in the absence of vitamin A.

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पाठ 8: The Nervous System and Sense Organs - Give Reasons

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आईसीएसई Biology [English] Class 10
पाठ 8 The Nervous System and Sense Organs
Give Reasons | Q 5

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

What is the other name for 

 hypermetropia


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

 How can this defect by corrected?


What are the two most common defects of vision (or defects of eye)? How are they corrected?


A person cannot see the distant objects clearly (though he can see the nearby objects clearly). He is suffering from the defect of vision called:
(a) cataract
(b) hypermetropia
(c) myopia
(d) presbyopia


Name an old age eye defect. What happens in it?


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


Name the following:
The photosensitive pigment present in the rod cells of the retina.


Why does one feel blinded for a short while on coming out of a dark room?

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

Draw a labeled diagram to show how the above mentioned defect is rectified using the lens named above.


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.


In what two whys is a yellow spot different from the blind spot?


Give Reason:

Why do we see clearly in the central region of the retina?


Explain the Term: Hypermetropia


Explain the Term: Astigmatism


Explain the Term: Cataract


Observe the given below the figure, correct it and explain and write about the concept depicted in this figure.


Differentiate the eye defects: Myopia and Hypermetropia


Assertion: Concave mirrors are used as reflectors in torches, vehicle head lights and in search lights.

Reason: When an object is placed beyond the center of curvature of a concave mirror, the image formed is real and inverted.


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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