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YAKEEN-2022
SEMICONDUCTOR – [DPP-01]
1. A solid having uppermost energy band (2) The number of free electrons for
partially filled with electrons is called conduction is significant in all the
(1) An insulator three
(2) A conductor (3) The number of free electrons for
(3) A semiconductor conduction is significant only in Si
and Ge but small in C
(4) None of these
(4) The number of free electrons for
conduction is significant in C but
2. The energy gap for an insulator may be
small in Si and Ge
(1) 1.1 eV
(2) 0.02 eV
6. The energy gap of silicon is 1.14 eV.
(3) 6 eV
The maximum wavelength at which silicon
(4) 0.7 eV
will begin absorbing energy is
3. A pure semiconductor has (1) 10.888 Å
(1) An infinite resistance at 0°C (2) 108.88 Å
(2) A finite resistance which does not (3) 10888 Å
depend upon temperature (4) 1088 Å
(3) A finite resistance which increases
with temperature 7. The manifestation of band structure in
(4) A finite resistance which decreases solids is due to
with temperature (1) Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle
(2) Pauli’s exclusive principle
4. The electrical conductivity of a (3) Bohr’s correspondence principle
semiconductor increases when (4) Boltzman’s law
electromagnetic radiation of wavelength
shorter than 2480 nm is incident on it.
8. In semiconductors at a room temperature
The band gap of the semiconductor is
(1) The valence band is partially empty
(1) 0.3 eV
and the conduction band is partially
(2) 0.5 eV filled.
(3) 0.7 eV (2) The valence band is completely filled
(4) 1.1 eV and the conduction band is partially
filled.
5. Carbon, silicon and germanium have four (3) The valence band is completely filled
valence electrons each. At room
(4) The conduction band is completely
temperature which one of the following
empty
statements is most appropriate?
(1) The number of free conduction
electrons is negligibly small in all the
three
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9. Identify the property which is not 10. There is no hole current in conductors
characteristic for a semiconductor? because they have
(1) at a very low temperatures, it behaves (1) high conductivity
like an insulator (2) high electron density
(2) at higher temperatures two types of (3) no valence band
charge carriers will cause (4) overlapping of valence and
conductivity conduction bands
(3) the charge carriers are electrons and
holes in the valence band at higher
temperatures
(4) the semiconductor is electrically
neutral
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ANSWER KEY
1. (2)
2. (3)
3. (4)
4. (2)
5. (3)
6. (3)
7. (2)
8. (1)
9. (3)
10. (4)

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