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The electrical conductivity of a semiconductor increases when electromagnetic radiation of wave length shorter than 2480 nm is incident on it. The band gap (in eV) for semiconductor is

A

1.1 eV

B

2.5 eV

C

0.5 eV

D

0.7 eV

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