Question 17 [CBSE,Delhi-2016] - MCQ from Past Year Papers - Chapter 10 Class 10 - Light - Reflection and Refraction

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To determine the approximate focal length of the  given convex lens by focusing on a distant object  (say, a sign board), you try to focus the image of  the object on a screen. The image you obtain on the  screen is always: 

(a) erect and laterally inverted  

(b) erect and diminished  

(c) inverted and diminished  

(d) virtual, inverted and diminished  

 

Answer 

For a concave mirror

  • When the object is at infinity , the image is formed at the focus
  • This image is diminished
  • And it is also inverted

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So, the correct answer is (c) - inverted and diminished

 

 

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