Grade: 10 Light-CONVEX LENS Kumaraswamy

1 A convex lens of focal length 10cm is placed at a distance of 12cm from a wall. How far from the lens
should an object be placed so as to form its real image on the wall?
[Hint: f=10 cm; v=12 cm; u=?] 1/f=1/v-1/u; u=-60 cm
2 If an object of 7cm height is placed at a distance of 12cm from a convex lens of focal length 8cm, find
the position, nature and height of the image.
[Hint: u=-12 cm; f=+8 cm; ho=7 cm; v=? hi=?] V=+24 cm; hi=-14 cm; enlarged and virtual image.
3 An object 4 cm high is placed at a distance of 10cm from a convex lens of focal length 20cm. Find the
position, nature and size of the image.
[Hint: u=-10 cm; f=20 cm; h0=4 cm] v=-20 cm; m=2; hi=8 cm. Image is virtual, erect and magnified.
4 A small object is so placed in front of a convex lens of 5 cm focal length that a virtual image is formed at
a distance of 25cm. Find the magnification.
[Hint: v=+25 cm; f=5 cm; u? m=?] u=-6.25 cm; m=-4.
5 Find the position and nature of the image of an object 5cm high and 10cm in front of a convex lens of
focal length 6cm.
[Hint: u=-10 cm; f=6 cm; hi=5 cm; v=?] v=15 cm; Image is behind the convex lens, so real and inverted.
6 Calculate the focal length of a convex lens, which produces a virtual image at a distance of 50cm of an
object placed 20cm in front of it.
[Hint: v=-50 cm; u=-20 cm; f=?] f=33.33 cm.
7 An object is placed at a distance of 100 cm from a converging lens of focal length 40cm. What is the
nature and position of the image?
[Hint: u=-100 cm; f=40 cm; v=? m=?] v=66.67 cm; m=-0.66
8 A convex lens produces an inverted image magnified three times of an object at a distance of 15 cm
from it. Calculate focal length of the lens.
[Hint: u=-15 cm; m=-3; v=?] v=-3u=45 cm; f=11.25 cm
9 An object placed 4cm in front of a converging lens produces a real image 12cm from the lens. What is
the magnification of the image? What is the focal length of the lens? Also draw the ray diagram to show
the formation of the image.
[Hint: u=-4 cm; v=12 cm; m=? f=?] (a) m=-3; (b) f=3 cm. Ray diagram for object located between ‘F’
and ‘2F’.
10 A lens of focal length 20cm is used to produce a ten times magnified image of a film slide on a screen.
How far must the slide be placed from the lens?
[Hint: f=20 cm; u=?m=-10 (real image); m=v/u] v=10u; 1/10u + 1/u=1/20; 1/20=1/10u + 1/u; 1/20=1 +
10/10 u; 10u/20 =11; u=22 cm. Therefore v=10 x 22=220 cm
11 Determine how far an object must be placed in front of a converging lens of focal length 10cm in order
to produce an erect image of linear magnification 4.
[Hint: f=10 cm; m=4; v=4u] 1/4u-1/u=1/10; -3/4u=1/10; u=-30/4=-7.5 cm.
12 A convex lens of focal length 6cm is held 4cm from a newspaper, which has print 0.5cm high. By
calculation, determine the size and nature of the image produced.
[Hint: f=6 cm; u=-4 cm; hi=0.5 cm; v=-12 cm] m=v/u=hi/ho; ho=1.5 cm. It is virtual, erect and
magnified.
13 A convex lens of focal length 0.10m is used to form a magnified image of an object of height 5mm
placed at a distance of 0.08m from the lens. Find the position, nature and size of the image.
[Hint: u=-0.08 m=-8 cm; f=0.1m=10 cm; ho=5 mm] v=-40 cm; Image will form same side as the object.
m=-40/-8=5; hi= 5 x 5 mm=25 mm. Image is virtual, erect and magnified.
14 An erect image 2cm high is formed 12cm from a lens, the object being 0.5cm high. Find the focal length
of the lens.
[Hint: v=-12 cm; hi=2 cm; ho=0.5 cm] m=2/0.5=4; u=-3 cm; f=4 cm.
15 The filament of a lamp is 80 cm from a screen and a converging lens forms an image of it on a screen,
magnified three times. Find the distance of the lens from the filament and the focal length of the lens.
[Hint: m=3; u=-20 cm; v=60 cm (real image)] 1/f=1/60 + 1/20; f=15 cm.
16 An object 2cm tall is placed on the axis of a convex lens of focal length 5cm at a distance of 10cm from
the optical centre of the lens. Find the nature, position and size of the image formed. Which case of
image formation by convex lenses is illustrated by this example?
[Hint: ho=2cm; f=5 cm; u=-10 cm] v=10 cm; Image is formed at a distance 10 cm on the other side of
the object. m=v/u=10/-10=-1. It is real, inverted and same size as the object.
17 A converging lens of focal length 5cm is placed at a distance of 20cm from a screen. How far from the
lens should an object be placed so as to form its real image on the screen?
[Hint: v=20 cm; f=5 cm; u=?] u=-6.66 cm; m=-20/-6.66=-3.003. The image is inverted, real and
enlarged in size.
18 An object 5cm high is held 25cm away from a converging lens of focal length 10cm. Find the position,
size and nature of the image formed. Also draw the ray diagram.
[Hint: h0=5 cm; u=-25 cm; f=10 cm] v=16.66 cm; m=-3.3. Negative signs indicate that it is inverted.
19 At what distance should an object be placed from a convex lens of focal length 18cm to obtain an image
at 24cm from it on the other side? What will be the magnification produced in this case?
[Hint: f=18 cm; v=24 cm] u=-72 cm; m=-1/3=-0.33
20 The magnification produced by a spherical lens is +2.5. What is the nature of image and lens?
[Hint: The value of magnification gives here is 2.5 (Which is more than 1). So, the image is larger than
the object or magnified. A virtual, erect and magnified image can be formed only by a convex lens;
therefore, the nature of lens is convex]
21 What is the nature of the image formed by a convex lens if the magnification produced by a convex lens
is +3?
[Hint: The image will be virtual and erect, since the magnification has positive value]
22 What is the nature of the image formed by a convex lens if the magnification produced by a convex lens
is –0.5?
[Hint: If the magnification produced by the lens is − 0.5, the image will be real and inverted, since the
magnification has a negative (−) value]
23 What is the position of image when an object is placed at a distance of 10cm from a convex lens of focal
length 10cm?
[Hint: The position of the image is at infinity when an object is placed at a distance of 10 cm from a
convex lens of focal length 10 cm. Hence, the image is formed at infinity]
24 Describe the nature of the image formed when an object is placed at a distance of 30cm from a convex
lens of focal length 15cm.
 [Hint: The image is formed at a distance of 30 cm from the convex lens. The plus sign for image
distance shows that the image is formed on the right side of the convex lens. Only real and inverted
image is formed on the right side of a convex lens; therefore, the image is real and inverted]
25 At what distance from a converging lens of focal length 12cm must an object be placed in order that an
image of magnification 1 will be produced?
[Hint: As magnification is 1, the object should be placed at a distance equal to twice the focal length,
i.e., 24 cm]