Neet Solved Paper 2013 Question 40

Question: For a normal eye, the cornea of eye provides a converging power of 40 D and the least converging power of the eye lens behind the cornea is 20 D. Using this information, the distance between the retina and the cornea-eye lens can be estimated to be

Options:

A) 5 cm

B) 2.5 cm

C) 1.67cm

D) 1.5cm

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

Given $ P _1=40D, $ and $ P _2=20D $

We have $ P _{eff}=40D+20D=60D $

$ \Rightarrow $ $ f=\frac{100}{P _{eff}}=\frac{100}{60} $ $ =1.67,cm $