Lens image properties for object beyond focal point

Steps:

• Identify image orientation: upside down indicates inverted image, typical of real images.
• Recall lens types: only converging lenses form real images; diverging lenses form only virtual, upright images.
• Check object position: beyond focal point for converging lens produces real, inverted image on opposite side.
• Eliminate impossibilities: diverging lenses cannot produce inverted or real images.

Why C is correct:

• Converging lens with object beyond focal point forms real image per lens formula (1/f = 1/v - 1/u, v positive and real when u > f), which is inverted.

Why the others are wrong:

• A: Virtual images by converging lens are upright (object inside focal point).
• B: Diverging lenses cannot form real images (always virtual).
• D: Virtual images by diverging lens are always upright, not inverted.

Final answer: C