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Ray Optics: Lens — Diverging Lens Always MCQ

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Lens — Diverging Lens AlwaysEasyQuestion 20254

Question

A concave (diverging) lens always forms an image that is:
  1. A
    Real, inverted, diminished
  2. B
    Virtual, erect, diminished
    Correct
  3. C
    Virtual, erect, magnified
  4. D
    Real, erect, same size

Correct answer

Virtual, erect, diminished

Explanation

For a diverging lens with any real object position: image is always virtual, erect, and smaller. m = v/u where v < |u| → |m| < 1 (diminished). The image appears on the same side as the object.