When a semiconductor is heated, its resistance

  • Decreases

  • Increases

  • Remains unchanged

  • Nothing is definite

In an insulator, the forbidden energy gap between the valence band and conduction band is of the order of

  • MeV

  •   0.1 MeV

  • eV 

  • 15 eV

An N-type semiconductor is

  • Negatively charged

  • Positively charged

  • Neutral

  • None of these

The energy band gap of Si is

  • 1.1 eV

  • 0.70 eV

  • Between 0.70 eV to 1.1 eV

  • 5 eV

The forbidden energy bandgap in conductors, semiconductors, and insulators are EG1,EG2 and EG3 and respectively. The relation among them is

  •  EG1=EG2 =EG3

  •  EG1<EG2 <EG3

  •  EG1>EG2 >EG3 

  •  EG1<EG2 >EG3

When Ge crystals are doped with phosphorus atom, then it becomes 

  • Insulator

  • P-type

  • N-type

  • Superconductor

Let nP and ne be the number of holes and conduction electrons respectively in a semiconductor. Then

  •  nP>ne in an intrinsic semiconductor

  •  nP=ne in an extrinsic semiconductor

  •  nP=ne in an intrinsic semiconductor

  • ne<nP in an intrinsic semiconductor

Wires P and Q have the same resistance at ordinary (room) temperature. When heated, resistance of P increases and that of Q decreases. We conclude that

  • P and Q are conductors of different materials

  • P is N-type semiconductor and Q is P-type semiconductor

  • P is semiconductor and Q is conductor

  • P is conductor and Q is semiconductor

In extrinsic P and N-type, semiconductor materials, the ratio of the impurity atoms to the pure semiconductor atoms is about 

  • 1                   

  • 10-1

  •  10-4             

  • 10-7

The forbidden gap in the energy bands of germanium at room temperature is about 

  • 1.1 eV                           

  • 0.1 eV

  • 0.67 eV                         

  • 6.7 eV 

In P-type semiconductor, the majority and minority charge carriers are respectively

  • Protons and electrons

  • Electrons and protons

  • Electrons and holes

  • Holes and electrons

At zero Kelvin a piece of germanium

  • Becomes semiconductor

  • Becomes good conductor

  • Becomes bad conductor

  • Has maximum conductivity

The temperature (T) dependence of resistivity (ρ) of a semiconductor is represented by

  •  

  •  

  •  

  •  

A semiconductor is cooled from T1K to T2K. Its resistance

  • Will decrease

  • Will increase

  • Will first decrease and then increase

  • Will not change

In intrinsic semiconductor at room temperature, the number of electrons and holes are

  • Equal

  • Zero

  • Unequal

  • Infinite

In a semiconductor, the separation between the conduction band and valence band is of the order of

  • 100 eV

  • 10 eV

  • 1 eV

  • 0 eV

The intrinsic semiconductor becomes an insulator at

  •  0°C

  •  -100°C 

  •   300 K

  • 0 K

In a good conductor, the energy gap between the conduction band and the valence band is

  • Infinite
  • Wide
  • Narrow
  • Zero

The impurity atom added to germanium to make it an N-type semiconductor is 

  • Arsenic

  • Iridium

  • Aluminium

  • Iodine

When N-type of semiconductor is heated

  • Number of electrons increases while that of holes decreases

  • Number of holes increases while that of electrons decreases

  • Number of electrons and holes remains same

  • Number of electrons and holes increases equally

To obtain a P-type germanium semiconductor, it must be doped with 

  • Arsenic

  • Antimony

  • Indium

  • Phosphorus

The temperature coefficient of resistance of a semiconductor

  • Is always positive

  • Is always negative

  • Is zero

  • Maybe positive or negative or zero

A P-type semiconductor is formed when- 
A. As impurity is mixed in Si
B. Al impurity is mixed in Si
C. B impurity is mixed in Ge
D. P impurity is mixed in Ge

  • A and C

  • A and D

  • B and C

  • B and D

In case of a semiconductor, which of the following statement is wrong 

  • Doping increases conductivity

  • Temperature coefficient of resistance is negative

  • Resisitivity is in between that of a conductor and insulator

  • At absolute zero temperature, it behaves like a conductor

Energy bands in solids are a consequence of

  • Ohm’s Law

  • Pauli’s exclusion principle

  • Bohr’s theory

  • Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle

In a P-type semiconductor

  • Current is mainly carried by holes

  • Current is mainly carried by electrons

  • The material is always positively charged

  • Doping is done by pentavalent material

At ordinary temperatures, the electrical conductivity of semi conductors in  mho/meter is in the range 

  • 10-3 to 10-4            

  • 106 to 109

  • 10-6 to  10-10         

  •  10-10 to 10-16

 In a P-type semiconductor, germanium is doped with

  • Boron                     

  • Gallium

  • Aluminium             

  • All of these

GaAs is 

  • Element semiconductor

  • Alloy semiconductor

  • Bad conductor

  • Metallic semiconductor

If ne and nh are the number of electrons and holes in a semiconductor heavily doped with phosphorus, then

  •  ne>> nh               

  •   ne<< nh  

  •  nenh                 

  •  ne = nh  

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