Choose the FALSE statement from the following.

Choose the FALSE statement from the following.
  1. Generally, in conductors the valence and conducting bands overlap.
  2. The resistivity of a semiconductor increase with increase in temperature
  3. The conductivity of a semiconductor increase with increase in temperature
  4. Substance with energy gap of the order of $10 \mathrm{eV}$ are insulators

Solution

The resistivity of a semiconductor decreases with increase in temperature

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (22 Sep Shift 1)

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