The solids which have the negative temperature coefficient of resistance are:

  • insulators only

  • semiconductors only

  • insulators and semiconductors

  • metals

For transistor action, which of the following statements is correct?

  • Base, emitter, and collector regions should have the same size

  • Both emitter junction, as well as the collector junction, are forward biased

  • The base region must be very thin and lightly doped

  • Base, emitter, and collector regions should have the same doping concentrations

In an n-type silicon, which of the following statement is true:

  • Electrons are majority carriers and trivalent atoms are the dopants.

  • Electrons are minority carriers and pentavalent atoms are the dopants.

  • Holes are minority carriers and pentavalent atoms are the dopants.

  • Holes are majority carriers and trivalent atoms are the dopants.

Carbon, silicon, and germanium have four valence electrons each. These are characterized by valence and conduction bands separated by the energy bandgap respectively equal to (Eg)C, (Eg)Si, and (Eg)Ge. Which of the following statements is true?

  • (Eg)Si < (Eg)Ge < (Eg)C

  • (Eg)C < (Eg)Ge > (Eg)Si

  • (Eg)C > (Eg)Si > (Eg)Ge

  • (Eg)C = (Eg)Si = (Eg)Ge 

In an unbiased p-n junction, holes diffuse from the p-region to n-region because

  • free electrons in the n-region attract them.

  • they move across the junction by the potential difference.

  • hole concentration in p-region is more as compared to n-region.

  • All the above.

When a forward bias is applied to a p-n junction, it

  • raises the potential barrier.

  • reduces the majority carrier current to zero.

  • lowers the potential barrier.

  • None of the above.

For a transistor amplifier, the voltage gain

  • remains constant for all frequencies.

  • is high at high and low frequencies and constant in the middle-frequency range.

  • is low at high and low frequencies and constant at mid frequencies.

  • none of the above.

In a half-wave rectification, what is the output frequency if the input frequency is 50 Hz?

  • 50 Hz

  • 100 Hz

  • 25 Hz

  • 60 Hz

For a CE-transistor amplifier, the audio signal voltage across the collector resistance of 2 kΩ is 2 V. Suppose the current amplification factor of the transistor is 100, what is the base current if the base resistance is 1 kΩ?

1  14 μA2 12 μA3 15 μA4 10 μA

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Two amplifiers are connected one after the other in series (cascaded). The first amplifier has a voltage gain of 10 and the second has a voltage gain of 20. If the input signal is 0. 01 volt, the output ac signal is:

  • (1) 0 V

  • (2) 4 V

  • (3) 2 V

  • (4) 1.5 V

A p-n photodiode is fabricated from a semiconductor with a bandgap of 2.8 eV. The energy of the incident photon with a waveength of 6000 nm is:

  • 0.207 eV

  • 0.270 eV

  • 0.027 eV

  • 0.072 eV

The number of silicon atoms per m3 is 5 × 1028. This is doped simultaneously with 5 × 1022 atoms per m3 of Arsenic and 5 × 1020 per m3 atoms of Indium. The number of holes is: (Given that ni=1.5×1016 m-3)

1 4.51×1092 4.99×10223 1.56×10224 3.33×1023

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

An n-p-n transistor is connected in a common emitter configuration (see figure) in which collector voltage drop across load resistance ( 800 Ω ) connected to the collector circuit is 0.8 V. The collector current is : 

  •   2 mA 

  •   0.1 mA 

  •   1 mA 

  •   0.2 mA 

Which of the following gate is called universal gate? 

  • OR gate 

  • AND gate 

  • NAND gate 

  • NOT gate 

An intrinsic semiconductor is converted into an n-type extrinsic semiconductor by doping it with: 

  •   Phosphorous

  •   Aluminium

  •   Silver

  • Germanium

C, Si, and Ge have the same lattice structure. Why is the C insulator?

 

  • Because ionization energy for C is least in comparison to Si and Ge.

  •  Because ionization energy for C is highest in comparison to Si and Ge.

  • The number of free electrons for conduction in Ge and Si is significant but negligibly small for C.

  • Both (2) and (3)

In an intrinsic semiconductor, the energy gap Eg is 1.2eV. Its hole mobility is much smaller than electron mobility and independent of temperature. What is the ratio between conductivity at 600K and that at 300K? Assume that the temperature dependence of intrinsic carrier concentration ni is given by, 

ni=n0exp-Eg2KBT where n0 is a constant.

1 1.01×106:12 1.09×105:13 1:14 1:2

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Which statement is true for the given circuit:

 

  •  (a) is OR gate and (b) is NOT gate.

  •  (a) is NOT gate and (b) is OR gate.

  •  (a) is AND gate and (b) is OR gate.

  • (a) is OR gate and (b) is AND gate.

A NAND gate connected as given in the figure,

The circuit operates like a:

  • NOT gate

  • OR gate

  • AND gate

  • None of these

The conductivity of a semiconductor increases with an increase in temperature, because:
  • number density of free current carries increases
  • relaxation time increases
  • both number density of carries and relaxation time increase
  • number density of current carriers increases, relaxation time decreases but the effect of decrease in relaxation time is much less than the increase in number density
In figure given below V0 is the potential barrier across a p-n junction, when no battery is connected across the junction.
                      
  • 1 and 3 both correspond to forward bias of junction.
  • 3 corresponds to forward bias of junction and 1 corresponds to reverse bias of junction.
  • 1 corresponds to forward bias and 3 corresponds to reverse bias of junction.
  • 3 and 1 both correspond to reverse bias of junction.

In the figure given below, assuming the diodes to be ideal,
                      

  • D1 is forward biased and D2 is revers biased and hence current flows from A to B

  • D2 is forward biased and D1 is reverse biased and hence no current flows from B to A and vice-versa

  • D1 and D2 are both forward biased and hence current flows from A to B

  • D1 and D2 are both reverse biased and hence no current flows from A to B and vice-versa

A 220 V AC supply is connected between points A and B (figure). What will be the potential difference V across the capacitor?

               

  • 220V

  • 110V

  • 0V

  • 2202V

Hole is:

  • an anti-particle of electron

  • a vacancy created when an electron leaves a covalent bond

  • absence of free electrons

  • an artificially created particle

The output of the given circuit in figure given below,

         

  • would be zero at all times

  • would be like a half wave rectifier with positive cycles in output

  • would be like a half wave rectifier with negative cycles in output

  • would be like that of a full wave rectifier

In the circuit shown in the figure given below, if the diode forward voltage drop is 0.3 V, the voltage difference between A and B is:

                   

  • 1.3 V

  • 2.3 V

  • 0

  • 0.5 V

Truth table for the given circuit is:

                       


  •   A B E001010101110

  •   A B E001010100110
  •   A B E000011100111
  •   A B E000011101110

In the depletion region of a diode:

(a) there are no mobile charges
(b) equal number of holes and electrons exist, making the region neutral
(c) recombination of holes and electrons has taken place
(d) immobile charged ions exist

  • (a, b)

  • (a, b, d)

  • (c, d)

  • All options are correct

What happens during the regulation action of a Zener diode?

(a) The current and voltage across the Zener remain fixed
(b) The current through the series Resistance (Rs) changes
(c) The Zener resistance is constant
(d) The resistance offered by the Zener changes

  • (a, b)

  • (b, d)

  • (b, c)

  • (c, d)

To reduce the ripples in rectifier circuit with capacitor filter:

(a) RL should be increased
(b) input frequency should be decreased
(c) input frequency should be increased
(d) capacitors with high capacitance should be used

  • (a, c)

  • (b, d)

  • (a, c, d)

  • (b, c, d)

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