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The problem
Guidebooks teach the syllabus.
The board tests you on papers.
Preparing the usual way
- Solving guidebook questions that were never asked in a board exam
- Reading answers without knowing how an examiner awards marks
- First time you face a real paper on a real clock is the exam itself
Preparing on Padhantu
- Every question comes from an actual past board paper — patterns examiners repeat
- Every answer is written the way the marking scheme awards marks
- You sit the paper on the exam clock, then review exactly what went wrong
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CBSE Class 10 Science · 3 marksA person is unable to read a book placed closer than 1 metre from his eyes. Identify the defect of vision in his eyes. Draw the ray diagrams to show the defect of vision and its correction.
See the full solved papersHow the 3 marks are awarded
- 1 markIdentifying the defect as hypermetropia, with reasoning (near point receded from 25 cm to 1 m)
- 1 markLabelled ray diagrams — image behind the retina, then corrected onto it
- 1 markCorrection stated: convex lens (power +3 D)
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