Choose the only false statement from the following:

1. In conductors the valence and the conduction bands overlap.
2. Substance with energy gap of the order of $10 \mathrm{eV}$ are insulators.
3. The resistivity of a semiconductor increases with increase in temperature.
4. The conductivity of a semiconductor increases with increase in temperature.

Solution

Asked in: NEET 2005

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