What is astigmatism?

$(i)$ What is the least distance of distinct vision for a normal eye?
$(ii)$ Does the above distance increase or decrease for a long-sighted eye (hypermetropia)? Give a reason for your answer with a diagram.

Explain the following terms connected with the eye:
$(i)$ Ciliary muscles
$(ii)$ Accommodation
$(iii)$ Blind spot.

$A$ person cannot see objects distinctly when placed at a distance less than $50\, cm$.
$(a)$ Identify the defect of vision.
$(b)$ Give two reasons for this defect.
$(c)$ Calculate the power and nature of the lens he should be using to see clearly the object placed at a distance of $25\, cm$ from his eyes.
$(d)$ Draw the ray diagrams for the defective and the corrected eye.

$A$ student cannot read properly from the blackboard while sitting on the front desk in a large classroom. However,he can read clearly while sitting on the last desk of the classroom.
$(a)$ Draw ray diagrams to illustrate the formation of the image of the blackboard writing by his eye lens when he is seated at the $(i)$ front desk,$(ii)$ last desk.
$(b)$ Name the defect of the eye from which the student is suffering.
$(c)$ Name the type of lens that would enable him to see the blackboard writing clearly when seated at the front desk. Draw a ray diagram to illustrate how this lens helps him to see clearly.

Name the defects of vision of the human eye.