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Himanshu passes a parallel beam of light through a concave lens. He observes that when the ray of light passes through the lens it___________.

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diverges
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converges
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<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> is parallel
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<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> meets at a point
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Solution

The correct option is A diverges
When a parallel beam of light is passed through a concave lens it diverges. Hence concave lenses are called diverging lenses. The image formed by a concave lens is virtual, erect and smaller in size than the object.

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