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  1. Now-a-days yellow lamps are frequently used as street lights. Which of the following gases is used in these lamps ?
    1. Sodium
    2. Neon
    3. Hydrogen
    4. Nitrogen
Correct Option: A

A sodium-vapor lamp is a gas-discharge lamp that uses sodium in an excited state to produce light. There are two varieties of such lamps: low pressure and high pressure. Low-pressure sodium lamps are the most efficient electrical light sources, but their yellow light restricts applications to outdoor lighting such as street lamps. High-pressure sodium lamps have a broader spectrum of light but poorer colour rendering
than other types. Because sodium vapor lamps cause less light pollution than mercury-vapor lamps, many cities that have large astronomical observatories employ them.



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