Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Semiconductors and Electronic Devices

Question:

A semiconductor is cooled from T to T'. What will happen to its resistance ?

Options:

decrease

increase

first decrease, then increase

will remain the same

Correct Answer:

increase

Explanation:

Rise in temperature leads to breaking of more covalent bonds in the semiconductor lattice causing raised conduction. Thus, decreasing the temperature raises the resistance.