In the Balmer series of lines of the hydrogen spectrum,the third line from the red end corresponds to which one of the following inter-orbit jumps of the electron for Bohr orbits in an atom of hydrogen?

  • A
    $n = 3 \to n = 2$
  • B
    $n = 5 \to n = 2$
  • C
    $n = 4 \to n = 1$
  • D
    $n = 2 \to n = 5$

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