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In image formation from spherical mirrors, only paraxial rays are considered because they

A

are easy to handle geometrically

B

contain most of the intensity of the incident light

C

form nearly a point image of a point source

D

show minimum dispersion effect

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HC VERMA-GEOMETRICAL OPTICS-Objective -1
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  2. Total internal reflection can take only if

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  4. A point object is placed at a distance of 30cm from a convex mirror of...

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  5. Figure shows two rays A and B being reflected by a mirror and going as...

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  6. The image formed by a concave mirror

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  7. Figure shows three transparent media of refractive indices mu1, mu2 an...

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  8. Four modifications are suggested in the lens formula to incude the eff...

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  9. A double convex lens has two surfaces of equal radii R and refractive ...

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  10. A point source of light is placed at a distance of 2f from a convergin...

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  11. A parallel beam of light is incident on a converging lens parallel to ...

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  12. A symmetric doule convex lens is cut in two equal parts by a plane con...

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  13. A symmetric doule convex lens is cut in two equal parts by a plane per...

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  14. Two concave lenses L1 and L2 are kept in contact with each other. If t...

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  15. A thin lens is made with as material having refractive index mu=1.5. b...

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  16. A convex lens is made of a material having refractive index 1.2. Both ...

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  17. A point object O is placed on the principal axis of a convex lens of f...

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  18. The rays of different colours fail to converge at a point after going ...

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