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Combination of lenses and mirrors
- Main 2026PhysicsSingle correct
A thin convex lens and a thin concave lens are kept in contact and are co-axial. Which of the following statements is correct for this combination of two lenses ?
- Main 2026PhysicsSingle correct
An object is placed 15 cm on the left of a convex lens of focal length 10 cm. Another convex lens is now placed 15 cm right of lens . If the focal length of lens is 15 cm, the final image is ________.
- Main 2026PhysicsSingle correct
A thin biconvex lens is prepared from the glass () both curved surfaces of which have equal radii of 20 cm each. Left side surface of the lens is silvered from outside to make it reflecting. To have the position of image and object at the same place, the object should be placed, from the lens at a distance of ________ cm.
- Advanced 2024PhysicsMultiple correct
A glass beaker has a solid, plano-convex base of refractive index 1.60, as shown in the figure. The radius of curvature of the convex surface (SPU) is , while the planar surface (STU) acts as a mirror. This beaker is filled with a liquid of refractive index up to the level QPR. If the image of a point object O at a height of (OT in the figure) is formed onto itself, then, which of the following option(s) is(are) correct?
- Advanced 2023PhysicsInteger
An optical arrangement consists of two concave mirrors and , and a convex lens L with a common principal axis, as shown in the figure. The focal length of L is 10 cm. The radii of curvature of and are 20 cm and 24 cm, respectively. The distance between L and is 20 cm. A point object S is placed at the mid-point between L and on the axis. When the distance between L and is cm, one of the images coincides with S. The value of is _____.
- Advanced 2022PhysicsList match
List I contains four combinations of two lenses (1 and 2) whose focal lengths (in cm) are indicated in the figures. In all cases, the object is placed 20 cm from the first lens on the left, and the distance between the two lenses is 5 cm. List II contains the positions of the final images.
Which one of the following options is correct?
- Main 2022PhysicsInteger
Two identical thin biconvex lenses of focal length 15 cm and refractive index 1.5 are in contact with each other. The space between the lenses is filled with a liquid of refractive index 1.25. The focal length of the combination is ______ cm.
- Main 2022PhysicsInteger
A convex lens of focal length 20 cm is placed in front of a convex mirror with principal axis coinciding each other. The distance between the lens and mirror is 10 cm. A point object is placed on principal axis at a distance of 60 cm from the convex lens. The image formed by combination coincides the object itself. The focal length of the convex mirror is ______ cm.
- Advanced 2021PhysicsSingle correct
An extended object is placed at point O, 10 cm in front of a convex lens and a concave lens is placed 10 cm behind it, as shown in the figure. The radii of curvature of all the curved surfaces in both the lenses are 20 cm. The refractive index of both the lenses is 1.5. The total magnification of this lens system is
- Advanced 2019PhysicsMultiple correct
A thin convex lens is made of two materials with refractive indices and , as shown in figure. The radius of curvature of the left and right spherical surfaces are equal. is the focal length of the lens when . The focal length is when and . Assuming and , the correct statement(s) is/are,
- Main 2017PhysicsSingle correct
A diverging lens with magnitude of focal length 25 cm is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a converging lens of magnitude of focal length 20 cm. A beam of parallel light falls on the diverging lens. The final image formed is :
- Main 2017PhysicsSingle correct
In an experiment a convex lens of focal length 15 cm is placed coaxially on an optical bench in front of a convex mirror at a distance of 5 cm from it. It is found that an object and its image coincide, if the object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from the lens. The focal length of the convex mirror is :
- Advanced 2016PhysicsSingle correct
A small object is placed 50 cm to the left of a thin convex lens of focal length 30 cm. A convex spherical mirror of radius of curvature 100 cm is placed to the right of the lens at a distance of 50 cm. The mirror is tilted such that the axis of the mirror is at an angle to the axis of the lens, as shown in the figure.
If the origin of the coordinate system is taken to be at the centre of the lens, the coordinates (in cm) of the point at which the image is formed are
- Main 2016PhysicsSingle correct
A convex lens, of focal length 30 cm, a concave lens of focal length 120 cm, and a plane mirror are arranged as shown. For an object kept at a distance of 60 cm from the convex lens, the final image, formed by the combination, is a real image, at a distance of :
- Advanced 2015PhysicsInteger
Consider a concave mirror and a convex lens (refractive index = 1.5) of focal length 10 cm each, separated by a distance of 50 cm in air (refractive index = 1) as shown in the figure. An object is placed at a distance of 15 cm from the mirror. Its erect image formed by this combination has magnification . When the set-up is kept in a medium of refractive index 7/6, the magnification becomes . The magnitude is
- Main 2015PhysicsSingle correct
A thin convex lens of focal length 'f' is put on a plane mirror as shown in the figure. When an object is kept at a distance 'a' from the lens - mirror combination, its image is formed at a distance in front of the combination. The value of 'a' is :
- Advanced 2014PhysicsList match
Four combinations of two thin lenses are given in List I. The radius of curvature of all curved surfaces is and the refractive index of all the lenses is 1.5. Match lens combinations in List I with their focal length in List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
- Advanced 2012PhysicsSingle correct
A bi-convex lens is formed with two thin plano-convex lenses as shown in the figure. Refractive index of the first lens is 1.5 and that of the second lens is 1.2. Both the curved surfaces are of the same radius of curvature cm. For this bi-convex lens, for an object distance of 40 cm, the image distance will be
- Advanced 2010PhysicsSingle correct
A biconvex lens of focal length 15 cm is in front of a plane mirror. The distance between the lens and the mirror is 10 cm. A small object is kept at a distance of 30 cm from the lens. The final image is