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CBSE Class 10 Science 2018 · Paper 31(B) · Question 26(b)

Light - Reflection and Refraction 2 marks Medium
You have a convex lens of focal length 12 cm. You place a candle flame on its principal axis at a distance of 60 cm from the lens on its one side and place a screen on its other side. Write two characteristics of the image formed on the screen. If you now shift the candle flame towards the lens so that its distance from the lens becomes 15 cm, then state the changes that are observed in these two characteristics of the image formed.

Answer

At 60 cm the image is real, inverted and diminished; at 15 cm it stays real and inverted but becomes enlarged.

With the flame at cm (beyond ): the image on the screen is (i) real and inverted, and (ii) diminished, about one-fourth the size of the flame; it is sharp and bright. [ cm, ] With the flame moved to cm (between and ): (i) the image is still real and inverted (no change), but (ii) it becomes enlarged, about four times the size of the flame, and comparatively less bright. The screen has to be moved to about cm from the lens to receive it. [ cm, ]

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