Question
Write the uses of convex lens.

Answer

(i) Watch repairers use simple microscope which has convex lens.
(ii) To correct hypermetropia, a spectacle of convex lens is used.
(iii) Astronomical telescope, compound microscope are the optical instruments having two convex lens each.

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