The rays of different colours fail to converge at a point after going through a converging lens. This defect is called :
A
spherical aberration
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B
distortion
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C
coma
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D
chromatic aberration
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Solution
The correct option is C chromatic aberration By definition, chromatic aberration is the inability of a converging lens to converge rays of different colour at a point after passing through it.