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Mohindra near retinoscopy was performed first in a dark room at a distance of 50 cm with one eye occluded. Wet retinoscopy was performed after Mohindra near retinoscopy using 1% cyclopentolate hydrochloride eye drops. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used for comparison between the two techniques. Results: The mean spherical values obtained by Mohindra near retinoscopy were 0.14 \u00b1 2.97 D and 0.20 \u00b1 3.04 D for the right and left eyes, respectively, whereas wet retinoscopy demonstrated higher spherical means of 0.52 \u00b1 3.28 D and 0.58 \u00b1 3.17 D. Statistically significant differences were observed between Mohindra near retinoscopy and wet retinoscopy for spherical measurements in the right (Z = \u20133.665, P &lt; 0.001) and left (Z = \u20133.600, P &lt; 0.001) eyes. Significant differences were also found in cylindrical measurements for the right (Z = \u20132.380, P = 0.017) and left (Z = \u20133.355, P = 0.001) eyes. Conclusion: Wet retinoscopy yielded statistically significant differences in refractive measurements compared to Mohindra near retinoscopy in infants and children. Mohindra near retinoscopy underestimated hyperopic and astigmatic refractive errors. 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