A right circular cone is intersected by a plane that pases through the cones vertex and it is perpendicular to its base as in the picture below what is induced from this intersection

If we see the picture, we can see a line (from this perspective). The plane passes through the cones' vertex and it is perpendicular to its base. The intersection is a line if we see this intersection in this way.
Therefore, the answer to this question is a single line (option D).