Inability of the eye to focus on both far and near objects with advancing age is:

Astigmatism

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Presbyopia

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Myopia

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Hypermetropia

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Solution

The correct option is B Presbyopia
With advancing age when ciliary muscles become weak and are not able to strain enough to reduce focal length to appropriate value then this defect is known as presbyopia.

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The human eye can focus objects at different distances by adjusting the focal length of the eye lens. This is due to

(a) presbyopia

(b) accommodation

(d) far-sightedness

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