Browse by Stream
QnA
Home
QnA
Go To Your Study Dashboard

Get Answers to all your Questions

header-bg qa
  • Home
  • Engineering
  •  Which of the following statements is not true?Option: 1 The resistance of intrinsic semiconductors decrease with increase of temperature</d

 Which of the following statements is not true?

Option: 1

The resistance of intrinsic semiconductors decrease with increase of temperature


Option: 2

Doping pure  Si with trivalent impurities give P-type semiconductors


Option: 3

The majority carriers in N-type semiconductors are holes


Option: 4

A PN-junction can act as a semiconductor diode


Answers (1)

best_answer

 In N-type semiconductors majority of charge carriers are electrons. The pentavalent impurity or dopant elements are added to the N-type semiconductor to increase the number of electrons for conduction. 

Hence the correct option is (3). 

Posted by

manish

View full answer

JEE Main high-scoring chapters and topics

Study 40% syllabus and score up to 100% marks in JEE

Similar Questions