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The impurity to be doped in pure germanium to make it p-type semiconductor is:

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Aluminium
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Phosphorus
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Antimony
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Arsenic
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Solution

The correct option is B Aluminium
To make p-type semiconductor from pure germanium we have to generate p-type holes.
For this we want ionic substance such as aluminium to impure the pure germinium.

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