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Lakhmir Singh Physics Class 10 Solutions Page No:281

Question 47: In a certain murder investigation, it was important to discover whether the victim was long-sighted or short-sighted. How could a detective decide by examining his spectacles ?

Solution : If the spectacle lenses are convex, the person was long sighted and if the spectacle lenses are concave, the person was short sighted.

Question 48: The picture given here shows a person wearing ‘half-moon’ spectacles. What sort of eye-defect do you think he has ? Why are these particular spectacles useful to him ?

Solution : Half moon spectacles are used for reading. so, the person has long-sightedness.
These particular spectacles are useful to him since the convex lenses of spectacles form the image of nearby object (like a book in hand) at the near point of his eye.

Question 49: A short-sighted person has a near point of 15 cm and a far point of 40 cm.
 (a) Can he see clearly an object at a distance of:
 (i) 5 cm ? (ii) 25 cm ? (iii) 50 cm ?
 (b) To see clearly an object at infinity, what kind of spectacle lenses does he need ?

Solution : (a) (i) No, (ii) Yes, (iii) No
(b) Concave lenses

Question 50: The near point of a long-sighted person is 50 cm from the eye.The near point of a long-sighted person is 50 cm from the eye.
 (a) Can she see clearly an object at :
 (i) a distance of 20 cm ?
 (ii) at infinity ?
 (b) To read a book held at a distance of 25 cm, will she need converging or diverging spectacle lenses ?

Solution : (a) (i) No, (ii) Yes
(b) Converging lenses

Question 51: A person can read a book clearly only if he holds it at an arm’s length from him. Name the defect of vision :
 (a) if the person is an old man
 (b) if the person is a young man

Solution : (a) Presbyopia
(b) Hypermetropia