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NCERT Solutions · Class 10 Science Light - Reflection and Refraction

17 questions · 17 still being checked

EXERCISES 11–17 (part 2 of 2)

  1. Exercise 11

    A concave lens of focal length 15\displaystyle 15 cm forms an image 10\displaystyle 10 cm from the lens. How far is the object placed from the lens? Draw the ray diagram.
    NCERT’s answer
    $\displaystyle 30$ cm

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  2. Exercise 12

    An object is placed at a distance of 10\displaystyle 10 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 15\displaystyle 15 cm. Find the position and nature of the image.
    NCERT’s answer
    6.$\displaystyle 0$ cm, behind the mirror; virtual, erect

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  3. Exercise 13

    The magnification produced by a plane mirror is +1. What does this mean?
    NCERT’s answer
    m = $\displaystyle 1$ indicates that image formed by a plane mirror is of the same size as the object.

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  4. Exercise 14

    An object 5.0\displaystyle 5.0 cm in length is placed at a distance of 20\displaystyle 20 cm in front of a convex mirror of radius of curvature 30\displaystyle 30 cm. Find the position of the image, its nature and size.
    NCERT’s answer
    8.$\displaystyle 6$ cm, behind the mirror; virtual, erect; $\displaystyle 2.2$ cm, reduced.

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  5. Exercise 15

    An object of size 7.0\displaystyle 7.0 cm is placed at 27\displaystyle 27 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 18\displaystyle 18 cm. At what distance from the mirror should a screen be placed, so that a sharp focussed image can be obtained? Find the size and the nature of the image.
    NCERT’s answer
    $\displaystyle 54$ cm on the object side; $\displaystyle 14$ cm, magnified; real, inverted.

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  6. Exercise 16

    Find the focal length of a lens of power – 2.0\displaystyle 2.0 D. What type of lens is this?
    NCERT’s answer
    –$\displaystyle 0.50$ m; concave lens

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  7. Exercise 17

    A doctor has prescribed a corrective lens of power +1.5\displaystyle 1.5 D. Find the focal length of the lens. Is the prescribed lens diverging or converging?
    NCERT’s answer
    + $\displaystyle 0.67$ m; converging lens

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