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What type of lens is used to correct Astigmatism?
Solution
Cylindrical lens
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Given below is a diagram showing a defect of human eye. Study it and answer the following questions.
(i) Name the defect shown in the figure.
(ii) Give reason for this defect of eye in human being.
(iii) Name the type of lens used to correct the eye defect.
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The kind of lens required to correct Myopia
Name the defect of vision in a person:
whose near point is more than 25 on away.
Name one defect of vision (or eye) which cannot be corrected by any type of spectacle lenses.
A man can read the number of a distant but clearly but he finds difficulty in reading a book.
From which defect of the eye is he suffering?
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 person suffering from the eye-defect myopia (short-sightedness) can see clearly only up to a distance of 2 metres. What is the nature and power of lens required to rectify this defect?
An eye has a far point of 2 m. What type of lens in spectacles would be needed to increase the far point to infinity? Also calculate the power of lens required. Is this eye long-sighted or short-sighted?
A young man has to hold a book at arm's length to be able to read it clearly. The defect of vision is:
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(b) myopia
(c) presbyopia
(d) hypermetropia
The defect of vision in which the eye-lens of a person gets progressively cloudy resulting in blurred vision is called:
(a) myopia
(b) presbyopia
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State one role of ciliary muscles in the human eye.
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Draw ray diagram showing myopic eye.
A student sitting at the back of the classroom cannot read clearly the letters written on the blackboard. What advice will a doctor give to her? Draw ray diagram for the correction of this defect.
A teacher drew the diagram of the heart on the blackboard and told the students to copy it in their notebooks. Mahesh couldn't see the diagram clearly as it appeared blurred to him.
- Name the defect of the eye Mahesh is suffering from.
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