Question

When we see an object, the image formed on the retina is

• A. real
• B. virtual
• C. erect
• D. inverted

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (D)

The correct options are
A real
D inverted

The light rays from the upper extremity (the top) of the arrow reach a point on your retina that is lower than the light rays coming from the bottom extremity (the base) of the arrow. Which means that the formed image of the arrow "on the retina" is upside down (pointing down). However, our conscious visual perception of the arrow is still pointing up, because the brain interprets this inverted image on the retina.