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Question
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
Solution
myopia
Myopia is a defect of vision because of which a person cannot see distant objects clearly but can see nearby objects distinctly.
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