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An object is placed in front of a lens between centre and the focus and forms a virtual, erect and diminished image. Name the lens which forms this image.

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Concave lens

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Convex lens

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C

Plano-convex lens

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D

Concave and Convex lens

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Solution

The correct option is A
Concave lens

A concave lens always forms a virtual, erect and diminished image.

The diagram is given below:

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