Question

A magnifying glass forms:

• A. a real and diminished image
• B. a real and magnified image
• C. a virtual and magnified image
• D. a virtual and diminished image.

Answer 1

The correct option is C a virtual and magnified image

A magnifying glass is a convex lens which produces a magnified (larger) image of an object.
A magnifying glass produces an upright, magnified virtual image. The virtual image produced is on the same side of the lens as the object. For a magnified image to be observed the distance between the object and the lens must be shorter than the focal length of the lens.
Hence, a magnifying glass produces a virtual and magnified image.