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Which of the following changes occur when you walk out of bright sunshine into a poorly lit room ?
(a) the pupil becomes larger (b) the lens becomes thicker
(c) the ciliary muscle relaxes (d) the pupil becomes smaller

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(a) The reason for this is that in bright light the size of pupil of our eye is small. When we enter the dark room, due to small size of pupil, very little light enters our eyes. But after some time, the pupil expands & we are able to see things as more light enter our eyes now.

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