Home
Class 11
PHYSICS
According to new Cartesian sign conventi...

According to new Cartesian sign convention, all distance measured

A

to the leftof the pole of the mirro or optical centre of a lens are regarded as negative.

B

to the left of the pole of the mirror or optica centre of a lens are regarded as positive.

C

vertically upwards are negative.

D

vertically downwards are positive

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • Motion in a plane

    TARGET PUBLICATION|Exercise Exercise|340 Videos

  • RAY OPTICS

    TARGET PUBLICATION|Exercise EVALUATION TEST|16 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

According to Cartesian sign conventions all distances are measured from the __________.

According to Cartesian sign convention, in ray optics

What are the Cartesian sign convention?

The focal length of concave lens, accroding to new Cartesiaon sign conventions is

State units of smaller distances measured.

According to the new sign convention, the……………. of the mirror is taken as origin.

For convex lens, the radii of curvatures of the first and second surface are R_(1) and R_(2) respectively. Using new Cartesian sign conventions they are

According to newtons first law , mass of any object is the measure of this quantity

Explain sign conventions of Q, W and DeltaU .

Which of the following is NOT an expression for magnifying power of compound microscope when final image is formed at distance of distinct vision ? ( using new Cartesian sign conventions)

TARGET PUBLICATION-OPTICS-EXERCISE
  1. Ray optics is valid, when chracteristic dimension are

    Text Solution

    |

  2. According to Cartesian sign conventions all distances are measured fro...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. According to new Cartesian sign convention, all distance measured

    Text Solution

    |

  4. A beam of light corresponds to rays of light coming from real point o...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. The angle made by incident ray of light with the reflecting surface is...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. A ray of light is reflected at an angle of 15^@. If the angle of incid...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. From the following ray diagram theta and theta1 are

    Text Solution

    |

  8. When a ray of light passes from air to denser medium, its speed is red...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. A ray of light is incident on the surface of separatio of a medium wit...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Monochromatic light of wavelength 6000 overset@ (A) travels through a ...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. When an object is placed between two plane mirrors facing each other i...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Two mirrors are kept inclined to each other at an angle of 60^@ and an...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. To get three images of a single object placed symmetrically between tw...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Choose the CORRECT statement.

    Text Solution

    |

  15. The geometrical centre of surface of spherical mirror is called its

    Text Solution

    |

  16. The principle axis of spherical mirror passes through

    Text Solution

    |

  17. A ray of light falls on a mirror normally. What are the values of angl...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. For the spherical mirros, the relation between forcal length (f) and r...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Focal length of a convex/ concave mirror depends on

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Given a point source of light, which of the following can produce a co...

    Text Solution

    |