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A source of light emits a continuous stream of light energy which falls on a given area. Luminous intensity is defined as
  1. luminous energy emitted by the source per second
  2. luminous flux emitted by the source per unit solid angle
  3. luminous flux falling per unit area of a given surface
  4. luminous flux coming per unit area of an illuminated surface

A
luminous energy emitted by the source per second
B
luminous flux falling per unit area of a given surface
C
luminous flux emitted by the source per unit solid angle
D
luminous flux coming per unit area of an illuminated surface
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We have luminous intensity,
L=ΦΩ
where Φ is the luminous flux and Ω is the solid angle.
Hence luminous intensity can be defined as luminous flux emitted by the source per unit solid angle.

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