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At room temperature, electrical conductivity of semiconductor is

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Important Questions on Semiconductors

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Electrical conductivity of a semiconductor
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In a semiconductor,
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Assertion: The resistivity of a semiconductor increases with temperature.

Reason: In a conducting solid, the rate of collisions between free electrons and ions increases with increase of temperature. 

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Two wires of aluminium and germanium are cooled to a temperature of 770 K. Then,
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Carbon, silicon and germanium have four valence electrons each. These are characterised by valence and conduction bands separated by energy band gap respectively equal to  EgC, EgSi  and EgGe. Which of the following statements is true?
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The safety limit of temperatures for Ge  and Si  are-
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At 0 K temperature, a p- type semiconductor 
 
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In a semiconductor, separation between conduction and valence band is of the order of