We need to find the surface area of the given cube.
Now, looking at the given image, the cube has 6 squares.
Hence, the surface area is the sum of the area of the six squares that cover it.
Let's find the area for one square, which is given by:
If the cube has 6 squares, then we multiply 6 by the area of one square to find the surface area.
Therefore, the surface area is:
The correct answer is option C.