At room temperature, the conductivity of an intrinsic semiconductor is:
AVery low
BVery high
CQuite fixed
DFully zero
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Very low
1. Its conductivity depends on temperature.
2. At ordinary temperatures few electrons are excited.
3. So the conductivity is very low.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Physics Part II, Chapter 14, Semiconductor Electronics._
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