Science and Technology
2021
Clean Energy Tech
UPSC Practice Question

With reference to street-lighting, how do sodium lamps differ from LED lamps?

  1. Sodium lamps produce light in 360 degrees but it is not so in the case of LED lamps.
  2. As street-lights, sodium lamps have longer life span than LED lamps.
  3. The spectrum of visible light from sodium lamps is almost monochromatic while LED lamps offer significant colour advantages in street-lighting. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
D.1, 2 and 3
A.3 only
B.2 only
C.1 and 3 only