Inability of the eye to focus on both far and near objects with advancing age is:
Astigmatism
Presbyopia
Myopia
Hypermetropia
A
Presbyopia
B
Astigmatism
C
Myopia
D
Hypermetropia
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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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