The energy of a photon in a monochromatic light of wavelength 
matches with the band gap of a semiconducting material. Then the minimum energy required to create an electron-hole pair from the semiconductor is [Take hc 
, where 
is Planck's constant and 
is speed of light in vacuum]
A
B
C
D
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C
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