Magnifying Glass or Simple Microscope

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Magnifying Glass or Simple Microscope: Overview

This topic explores the concept of magnification of image using a glass which impacts the formation of the image of an object. It also mentions conditions on which magnification depends on the nature of an object.

Important Questions on Magnifying Glass or Simple Microscope

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The image of a distant tree is formed on a screen which is kept at a distance of 20 cm from a convex lens. Find the focal length of the lens.

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Explain auxillary plane method to calculate focal length of a convex lens.

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In an experiment a convex lens of focal length 15cm is placed coaxially on an optical bench in front of a convex mirror at a distance of 5cm from it. It is found that an object and its image coincide, if the object is placed at a distance of 20cm from the lens. The focal length of the convex mirror is: 

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Which of these is not an application of a simple microscope?

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Why simple microscope is used in forensic examination?

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How does a simple microscope depend on the focal length of the lens used?

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What will be the focal length of a convex lens, which produces a virtual image at a distance of 30cm of an object placed 15cm in front of it.

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List the uses of a simple microscope.

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An object is placed at a distance u from a simple microscope of focal length f. The angular magnification obtained depends

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In a compound microscope, the objective and eyepiece have focal length of 0.95 cm and 5 cm, respectively and are kept at a distance of 20 cm. The final image produced by this compound microscope is at a distance of 25 cm from eyepiece. The total magnification is

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In a compound microscope the focal length of objective lens is 1.2 cm and focal length of eye piece is 3.0 cm. When object is kept at 1.25 cm
in front of objective, final image is formed at infinity. Magnifying power of the compound microscope should be :

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For which of the following colour, the magnifying power of a microscope will be maximum?

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Microscope is an optical instrument which

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A compound microscope consists of an objective lens with focal length 20 cm the magnification will be

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The objective lens and eye piece lens of a compound microscope have focal lengths 1.5 cm and 5 cm respectively. The object is placed at a distance 1.8 cm. What is its magnification?  ( Take the least distance of distinct vision = 24 cm)

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A compound microscope having magnifying power 35 with its eye-piece of focal length 10 cm. Assume that the final image is at least distance of distinct vision then the magnification produced by the objective is

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A compound microscope has an eye piece of  focal length 10 cm and an objective of focal length of 4 cm. Calculate the magnification, if an object is kept at a distance of 5 cm from the objective then final image is formed at the least distance of distinct vision

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The focal lengths of the objective and eye piece of a compound microscope are 1 cm and 5 cm respectively. An object is placed at a distance of 1.1 cm from objective. If final image is formed at least distance of distinct vision 25 cm, the magnifying power is -

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The focal length of the objective and the eye-piece of a microscope are 1 cm and 5 cm respectively. If the magnifying power for the relaxed eye is 45, then the length of the tube is

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In compound microscope, magnifying power is 95 and the distance of the object from objective lens is 13.8 cm. The focal length of the objective lens is  14 cm. What is the magnification of eyepiece?