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Question
Make the correct choices in the following items :
The image formed by a diverging lens, shown in fig, , is

Options
Virtual, erect, magnified
Virtual, erect, diminished
Virtual, inverted, magnified
Real, inverted, diminished
Real, upright, magnified
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Solution
Virtual, erect, diminished
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