$A$ convex lens of focal length $40 \, cm$ and a concave lens of focal length $25 \, cm$ are placed in contact. The power of the combination is .......... $D$.

$(a)$ Determine the 'effective focal length' of the combination of two lenses,a convex lens of focal length $30 \; cm$ and a concave lens of focal length $20 \; cm$,if they are placed $8.0 \; cm$ apart with their principal axes coincident. Does the answer depend on which side of the combination a beam of parallel light is incident? Is the notion of effective focal length of this system useful at all?
$(b)$ An object $1.5 \; cm$ in size is placed on the side of the convex lens in the arrangement $(a)$ above. The distance between the object and the convex lens is $40 \; cm$. Determine the magnification produced by the two-lens system,and the size of the image.

$A$ convex lens $A$ of focal length $20 \, cm$ and a concave lens $B$ of focal length $5 \, cm$ are kept along the same axis with a distance $d$ between them. If a parallel beam of light falling on $A$ leaves $B$ as a parallel beam,then the distance $d$ in $cm$ will be:

The focal length (in $cm$) of a lens with dispersive power $0.45$ that should be placed in contact with a convex lens of focal length $84 \,cm$ and dispersive power $0.21$ to form an achromatic combination is:

An achromatic convergent lens of focal length $20 \, cm$ is made of two lenses (in contact) of materials having dispersive powers in the ratio of $1 : 2$ and having focal lengths $f_1$ and $f_2$. Which of the following is true?

$A$ convex lens $A$ of focal length $20 \,cm$ and a concave lens $B$ of focal length $56 \,cm$ are kept along the same axis with a distance $d$ between them. If a parallel beam of light falling on $A$ leaves $B$ as a parallel beam, then the magnitude of distance $d$ (in $cm$) is