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Draw ray diagram showing myopic eye.

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Myopic eye : In a myopic eye, the image of a distant object is formed in front of the retina and not at the retina itself. Here O is the far point of myopic eye and O' is the far point of normal eye.

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Chapter 11: The Human Eye and the Colourful World - Short Answer Questions [Page 88]

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NCERT Exemplar Science [English] Class 10
Chapter 11 The Human Eye and the Colourful World
Short Answer Questions | Q 15. (i) | Page 88

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