Statement I: Focal length of the eye-piece of telescope is smaller as compared to the objective which has a large focal length and aperture.
Statement II: For large focal length of objective than eye-piece, magnification is more in astronomical telescopes.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
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Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
For astronomical telescope, 
.
So, magnification is inversely proportional to focal length of the eyepiece and directly proportional to focal length of objective. The larger 
and smaller 
will given better magnification.
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