Converging lens typically forms what kind of image when the object is far away?

• A. Virtual image
• B. Real image
• C. No image
• D. A colorless image

Answer: (B)

When the object is far away, the light rays entering the converging lens are nearly parallel. The lens bends these parallel rays so that they meet on the other side at the focal point. Because the rays actually converge and cross there, the image formed is a real image. For distant objects this real image appears at the focal plane and is typically inverted relative to the object, and it can be projected onto a screen. The other ideas don’t fit: a virtual image would require the rays to diverge after the lens, and having no image would mean the rays don’t form a noticeable meeting point at all. The concept here is that a converging lens turns parallel light into a real, projectable image on the opposite side.