5(v)
Given below is a diagram depicting a defect of the human eye. Study the same and answer the questions that follow:
(a) Name the defect shown in the diagram.
(b) What is the possible reason that causes this defect?
(c) Name the type of lens used to correct this defect.
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(a) Myopia (short-sightedness or near-sightedness)
(b) The image of a distant object is formed in front of the retina, either because the eyeball has become elongated from front to back or because the lens has become too convex.
(c) Concave lens