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Draw a diagram to show why distant objects cannot be seen distinctly by a myopic eye. List two reasons due to which this defect of vision may be caused.

A person with a myopic eye cannot see objects clearly beyond a distance of 2 m. Name the type of corrective lens that would be needed to correct the defect of vision and draw a ray diagram to show how the defect gets corrected.

In order to see objects by the eye the image of the object should form on the retina, exactly on the retina. When a person is suffering from Myopia or near sightedness, the near point of distinct vision gets increases and an object placed at a distance less than this new near point has its image formed in front of retina.


If a person can’t see the object clearly beyond 2m then he should use concave or diverging lens in order to correct his defect.



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