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What is the scientific name of 

long-sightedness?

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.


Write the importance of ciliary muscles in the human eye. Name the defect of vision that arises due to gradual weakening of the ciliary muscles. What types of lenses are required by the person suffering from this defect to see the objects clearly?

Akshay, sitting in the last row in his class, could not see clearly the words write on the blackboard. When the teacher noticed it, he announced if any student sitting in the front row could volunteer to exchange his seat with Akshay. Salman immediately agreed to exchange his seat with Akshay. He could now see the words written on the blackboard clearly. The teacher thought it fit to send the message to Akshay’s parents advising them to get his eyesight checked.

In the context of the above event, answer the following questions:-

(a) Which defect of vision is Akshay suffering from? Which type of lens is used to correct this defect?

(b) State the values displayed by the teacher and Salman.

(c) In your opinion, in what way can Akshay express his gratitude towards the teacher and Salman?


Do you know that the corneal-impairment can be cured by replacing the defective cornea with the cornea of the donated eye? How and why should we organise groups to motivate the community members to donate their eyes after death?


The far point of a myopic person is 80 cm in front of the eye. What is the nature and power of the lens required to correct the problem?


Draw a ray diagram to show how Hypermetropia is defect can be corrected using a lens.


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


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

Name the type of lens used to correct this eye defect.


Explain the Term: Presbyopia


 Choose the Odd One Out: 


Which of the following statement is correct?


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