Question

(a) If the image formed by a lens is diminished in size and erect, for all positions of the object, what type of lens is it? 

(b) Name the point on the lens through which a ray of light passes undeviated. 

(c) An object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a convex lens of focal length 20 cm. The distance of the object from the lens is 30 cm. Find 

(i) the position (ii) the magnification and (iii) the nature of the image formed.

Answer 1

(a) Concave lens. 

(b) Optical centre. 

(c) u = – 30 cm, f = 20 cm

(i) Using, 1/f = 1/v - 1/u we get,

1/v = (1/f +1/u = 1/20 +1/-30) = 3-2/60

= v 60 cm

Image is formed at a distance of 60 cm from the lens on the right side.

(iii) Image is real as v > 0, inverted and enlarged.