In an astronomical telescope, the focal length of the objective lens is \(100\) cm and of the eyepiece is \(2\) cm. The magnifying power of the telescope for the normal eye is:

1. \(50\) 2. \(10\)
3. \(100\) 4. \(\dfrac{1}{50}\)
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The magnifying power of a telescope is \(9\). When it is adjusted for parallel rays the distance between the objective and eyepiece is \(20\) cm. The focal lengths of lenses are:

1. \(10~\text{cm}, 10~\text{cm}\) 2. \(15~\text{cm}, 5~\text{cm}\)
3. \(18~\text{cm}, 2~\text{cm}\) 4. \(11~\text{cm}, 9~\text{cm}\)
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To increase the magnifying power of a telescope:

1.  The focal length of the eyepiece should be increased.
2. The focal length of the objective should be increased.
3. The wavelength of light should be increased.
4. The aperture of the eyepiece should be increased.

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An astronomical telescope has angular magnification of \(40\) in its normal adjustment. If focal length of eyepiece is \(5\) cm, the length of the telescope is:
1. \(190\) cm
2. \(200\) cm
3. \(205\) cm
4. \(210\) cm

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An astronomical telescope has angular magnification of \(20\) in its normal adjustment. Focal length of eyepiece is \(4\) cm. Distance between objective and eyepiece is:

1. \(80\) cm 2. \(84\) cm
3. \(76\) cm 4. \(90\) cm
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In normal adjustment, the angular magnification of an astronomical telescope is \(39\). If length of the tube is \(2\) m, then focal length of the objective and eyepiece are respectively:

1. \(195~\text{cm}, 5~\text{cm}\) 2. \(190~\text{cm}, 10~\text{cm}\)
3. \(20~\text{cm}, 180~\text{cm}\) 4. \(10~\text{cm}, 190~\text{cm}\)
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The minimum magnifying power of an astronomical telescope is \(40\). If the length of the telescope is \(205\) cm, then the focal length of its field lens is:
1. \(5\) cm
2. \(200\) cm
3. \(40\) cm
4. \(140\) cm

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An astronomical telescope has an objective and an eyepiece of focal lengths \(40​​\text{cm}\) and \(4​​\text{cm}\) respectively. To view an object \(200​​\text{cm}\) away from the objective, the lenses must be separated by a distance:
1. \(46.0​​\text{cm}\) 2. \(50.0​​\text{cm}\)
3. \(54.0​​\text{cm}\) 4. \(37.3​​\text{cm}\)
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In an astronomical telescope in normal adjustment a straight black line of length \(L\) is drawn on inside part of the objective lens. The eye-piece forms a real image of this line. The length of this image is \(l\). The magnification of the telescope is:
1. \(\frac{L}{l}+1\)
2. \(\frac{L}{l}-1\)
3. \(\frac{L+1}{l-1}\)
4. \(\frac{L}{l}\)
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The length of an astronomical telescope adjusted for parallel light is \(90\) cm. If the magnifying power of the telescope is \(17\), then the focal length of eyepiece and objective are respectively:
1. \(10\) cm and \(80\) cm
2. \(85\) cm and \(5\) cm
3. \(70\) cm and \(20\) cm
4. \(5\) cm and \(85\) cm
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