Practice portal › Ray Optics and Optical Instruments › Optical Instruments

The image formed by an objective of a compound microscope is

Asked in JEE Main 2003 · Microscopes

Answer: (3) real and enlarged

Step-by-step solution

The object sits just outside the focus of the objective.

A convex lens then forms a real, inverted and enlarged image.

This image serves as the object for the eyepiece.

Why the other options are wrong

More Optical Instruments questionsAll Optical Instruments questions →

Reading this solution needs no sign-in. You only sign in to practise against the clock and keep your progress.

Practise this with a timer