DELHI WORLD PUBLIC SCHOOL

WORKSHEET-4 (REFRACTION THROUGH LENS)

1. Where should an object be placed in order to use a convex lens as a magnifying glass?

2. Where should an object be placed in front of a convex lens so as to obtain its real, inverted and magnified
image?

3. A lens of focal length 12 cm forms an erect image three times the size of the object. The distance
between the object and image is:
(a) 8 cm (b) 16 cm (c) 24 cm (d) 36 cm

4. If an object is placed 21 cm from a converging lens, the image formed is slightly smaller than the object. If
the object is placed 19 cm from the lens, the image formed is slightly larger than the object. The
approximate focal length of the lens is :
(a) 5 cm (b) 10 cm (c) 18 cm (d) 20 cm

5. What is the nature of the image formed by a convex lens if the magnification produced by the lens is?
a. +3 b. – 0.5

6. What is the position of image when an object is placed at a distance of 10 cm from a convex lens of focal
length 10 cm?

7. At what distance from a converging lens of focal length 12 cm must an object be placed in order that an
image of magnification 1 will be produced?

8. An object 4 cm high is placed at a distance of 10 cm from a convex lens of focal length 20 cm. Find the
position, nature and size of the image.

9. 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 25 cm. Find the magnification.

10. A convex lens produces an inverted image magnified three times of an object placed at a distance of 15
cm from it. Calculate focal length of the lens.

11. A converging lens of focal length 5 cm is placed at a distance of 20 cm from a screen. How far from the
lens should an object be placed so as to form its real image on the screen?

12. An object 5 cm high is held 25 cm away from a converging lens of focal length 10 cm. Find the position,
size and nature of the image formed. Also draw the ray diagram.
13. At what distance should an object be placed from a convex lens of focal length 18 cm to obtain an image
at 24 cm from it on the other side? What will be the magnification produced in this case?
14. An object 2 cm tall is placed on the axis of a convex lens of focal length 5 cm at a distance of 10 m from
the optical center 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?

15. he 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.

16. An erect image 2.0 cm high is formed 12 cm from a lens, the object being 0.5 cm high. Find the focal
length of the lens.

17. A convex lens of focal length 0.10 m is used to form a magnified image of an object of height 5 mm
placed at a distance of 0.08 m from the lens. Calculate the position, nature and size of the image.

18. A convex lens of focal length 6 cm is held 4 cm from a newspaper which has print 0.5 cm high. By
calculation, determine the size and nature of the image produced.

19. Determine how far an object must be placed in front of a converging lens of focal length 10 cm in order
to produce an erect (upright) image of linear magnification 4.

20. A lens of focal length 20 cm 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?

21. (a) An object 2 cm tall stands on the principal axis of a converging lens of focal length 8 cm. Find the
position, nature and size of the image formed if the object is:
(i) 12 cm from the lens
(ii) 6 cm from the lens
(b) State one practical application each of the use of such a lens with the object in position (i) and (ii).

22. (a) An object 3 cm high is placed 24 cm away from a convex lens of focal length 8 cm. Find by calculations,
the position, height and nature of the image.
(b) If the object is moved to a point only 3 cm away from the lens, what is the new position, height and
nature of the image?

(c) Which of the above two cases illustrates the working of a magnifying glass?

23. (a) Find the nature, position and magnification of the images formed by a convex lens of focal length 0.20
m if the object is placed at a distance of:
(i) 0.50 m (ii) 0.25 m (iii) 0.15 m

(b) Which of the above cases represents the use of convex lens in a film projector, in a camera, and as a
magnifying glass?
24. A student did an experiment with a convex lens. He put an object at different distances 25 cm, 30 cm, 40
cm, 60 cm and 120 cm from the lens. In each case he measured the distance of the image from the lens.
His results were 100 cm, 24 cm, 60 cm, 30 cm and 40 cm, respectively. Unfortunately, his results are
written in wrong order.
(a) Rewrite the image distances in the correct order.
(b) What would be the image distance if the object distance was 90 cm?
(c) Which of the object distances gives the biggest image?
(d) What is the focal length of this lens?

25. A magnifying lens has a focal length of 100 mm. An object whose size is 16 mm is placed at some distance
from the lens so that an image is formed at a distance of 25 cm in front of the lens.
(a) What is the distance between the object and the lens?
(b) Where should the object be placed if the image is to form at infinity?

26. An object 50 cm tall is placed on the principal axis of a convex lens. Its 20 cm tall image is formed on the
screen placed at a distance of 10 cm from the lens. Calculate the focal length of the lens.

27. Copy and complete the diagram below to show what happens to the rays of light when they pass through
the concave lens:

28. An object is placed at the following distances from a convex lens of focal length 15 cm:
(a) 35 cm (b) 30 cm (c) 20 cm (d) 10 cm
Which position of the object will produce:
(i) a magnified real image?
(ii) a magnified virtual image?
(iii) a diminished real image?
(iv) an image of same size as the object?

29. Take down this figure into your answer book and complete the path of the ray.
30. When a fork is seen through lenses A
and B one by one, it appears as shown in
the diagrams. What is the nature of?

(i) lens A, and (ii) lens B?

Give reason for your answer.

31. An object is placed at a distance of 4 cm from a concave lens of focal length 12 cm. Find the position and
nature of the image.

32. A concave lens has focal length 15 cm. At what distance should the object from the lens be placed so that
it forms an image at 10 cm from the lens? Also find the magnification produced by the lens.

33. A concave lens has a focal length of 20 cm. At what distance from the lens a 5 cm tall object be placed so
that it forms an image at 15 cm from the lens? Also calculate the size of the image formed.

34. An object is placed 20 cm from (a) a converging lens, and (b) a diverging lens, of focal length 15 cm.
Calculate the image position and magnification in each case.

35. A 2.0 cm tall object is placed 40 cm from a diverging lens of focal length 15 cm. Find the position and size
of the image.

36. An object is 2 m from a lens which forms an erect image one-fourth (exactly) the size of the object.
Determine the focal length of the lens. What type of lens is this?

37. An image formed on a screen is three times the size of the object. The object and screen are 80 cm apart
when the image is sharply focused.
(a) State which type of lens is used.
(b) Calculate focal length of the lens?