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Standard XII
Physics
N-Type Semiconductor
Minority carr...
Question
Minority carriers in a p-type semiconductor are
A
free electrons
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holes
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C
neither holes nor free electron
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D
both holes and free electrons
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Solution
The correct option is
B
free electrons
Minority carriers in a p-type semiconductor are free electrons.
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