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The defect of vision in which a person cannot see DISTANT objects clearly is:
AMyopia (near-sightedness)
BHypermetropia (far-sight)
CAstigmatism
DPresbyopia of old age
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Myopia (near-sightedness)
1. Myopia (short-sightedness): image of a distant object forms in FRONT of the retina.
2. Cause: eyeball too long OR converging power of lens too high.
3. Corrected by a CONCAVE (diverging) lens of suitable focal length.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Science Ch 10 §10.2 Defects of Vision (Myopia)_
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