Multiple choice

Why is immersion oil put between the slide and the lens in a compound microscope?

  1. To prevent decrease in resolution

  2. To prevent increase in resolution

  3. To enhance decreasing resolution

  4. To minimise the resolving power of condenser

  5. None of these

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Explanation

Decrease in resolution can be prevented by putting immersion oil between the slide and the lens.