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JEE Main Level Practice Test-20

for
JEE & NEET Aspirants
Topic : SEMICONDUCTORS Time: 75 Min Marking +4 –1
Section - A : MCQs with Single Option Correct
1. Mobility of electrons in a semiconductor is defined as the ratio of their drift velocity to the applied electric field. If, for
an n-type semiconductor the density of electrons is 1018 m–3 and their mobility is 1.5 m2 (V.S) then the resistivity of
the semiconductor (since it is an n-type semiconductor) is close to :
(A) 4.17  (B) 3 -m (C) 2 -m (D) 0.4 -m

2. The temperature coefficient of resistance of a semiconductor is :

(A) is always positive (B) is zero (C) always negative (D) may be positive or negative

3. Energy bands in solid are consequence of :

(A) Ohm's law (B) Pauli exclusion principal
(C) Bohr's theory (D) Heisenberg's uncertainty principle

4. A P-N junction diode is connected with an ammeter A1 in series and a resistance R is connected with an ammeter A2 in
series. The combination in parallel is connected to a dc battery as shown in figure. For a certain battery voltage, the
readings of A1 and A2 are same. If the battery voltage is now increased, then [temperature of resistance remains constant]

P N A1

A2
R

(A) Both A1 and A2 will read same current.

(B) A1 will read a greater current then A2.
(C) A2 will read a greater current then A1.
(D) Initially A1 will read greater current but after some time A2 will read greater current then.

5. The depletion region of a P-N junction diode contains immobile ions. Which of the following figures correctly show the
sign of those ions :
+ + – – + – – +
+ + – – + – – +
p + + n p – – n p + – n p – + n
(A) + + (B) – – (C) + – (D) – +
+ + – – + – – +

6. If a full wave rectifier circuit is operating at a source frequency of 50 Hz mains. The frequency in the ripple of waveform
will be :
(A) 50 Hz (B) 70.7 Hz (C) 100 Hz (D) 25 Hz

7. To obtain P-type silicon semiconductor we need to dope pure silicon with :

(A) Al (B) P (C) Oxygen (D) Germanium
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8. For the circuit shown in figure below, the current through the zener diode is :

3 k

6 k
40 V
100 V

(A) 8.33 mA (B) 11 mA (C) 13 mA (D) Zero

9. For the circuit shown in figure below, the current through zener diode is :

30 k

10 k
200 V 100 V

(A) 3.3 mA (B) 4.2 mA (C) Zero (D) 6.1 mA

10. In the given circuit shown in figure below, current through the zener diode is :

1.5 k

30 V

10 V R
0.5 k

(A) 6 mA (B) 2 mA (C) 5.2 mA (D) 0.0 mA

11. The circuit shown below contain 4 ideal diodes, each with a forward resistance of 50 , if the battery voltage is
12 V, the current through the 150  resistance is :

D1 D2

50 
D3 D4

150 
12 V

(A) 0.01 A (B) 0.04 A (C) 0.03 A (D) 0.06 A

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12. To get output ‘1’ at R, for the given logic gate circuit shown in figure below, choose the option which gives appropriate
input values :
X

P
R
Y
Q

(A) X = 0, Y = 1 (B) X =1, Y = 1 (C) X = 0, Y = 0 (D) X = 1, Y = 0

13. The output of the given logic circuit shown in figure below is :

(A) AB  AB (B) AB (C) AB  AB (D) None of These

14. The system corresponding to the truth table given below is :

A B C Output
0 0 0 1
0 1 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 1 0 1
0 0 1 1
0 1 1 1
1 0 1 1
1 1 1 1

A A
A A
B B B
B
(A) (B) (D) (D)
C C
C C

15. Shown in the figure is a combination of logic gates. The output values at P and Q are correctly represented by which of
the following option :

1 p

0 Q

(A) 0 0 (B) 1 1 (C) 0 1 (D) 1 0

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16. The figure shows two NAND gates followed by a NOR gate. The system is equivalent to which of the following logic
gate :

A X

B Z

Y
C

(A) AND (B) OR (C) NAND (D) None

17. The combination of gates shown in figure below is equivalent to which gate :

(A) NOR gate (B) OR gate (C) AND gate (D) XOR gate

18. The following configuration of gate is equivalent to :

OR
A
AND
B
y
G1 G3

NAND

G2

(A) NAND (B) XOR (C) OR (D) None

19. The output of a NAND gate is 0 :

(A) If both inputs are 0
(B) If one input is 0 and the other input is 1
(C) If both input are 1
(D) Either if both inputs are 1 or if one of the input is 1 and other 0

20. We are accustomed to decennial form of stating number like 127 stands and can be written as 127 = 100 + 20 + 7. There
is binary form of number useful in computers where 127 is written as 1111111 and it can be stated as 127 = 64+32+16+8+4+2+1.
Similarly 1011 in binary stands for 8 + 0 + 2 + 1=11. Thus calculate the binary form for decennial number 45 :
(A) 101101 (B) 110101 (C) 101010 (D) 110011

Section- B: INTEGER Answer Type Questions

21. The electrical conductivity of a semiconductor increases when electromagnetic radiation of wavelength shorter than
2480 nm is incident on it. The band gap in (eV) for the semiconductor is n × 10–2 eV find n.

22. If the ratio of the concentration of electrons to that of holes in a semiconductor is 7/5, and the ratio of currents is 7/4,
then. The ratio of their drift velocities is n/4 find n ?
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23. The circuit shown below contains two diodes, each with a favoured resistance of 20 . If the battery voltage is 10 V, the
current through 50  resistance (in Amperes) is n × 10–1 A, find n ?
30 

30 

10 V 50 

24. A potential barrier of 0.50 V exists across a P-N function. If the depletion region is 5 × 10–7 m wide, the intensity of electric
field in this region is 10n V/m, find n ?

25. In figure the current supplied by battery is n × 10–2 A, find n ?

20 

10 

2V

26. A sinusoidal voltage of rms value 100 V is connected to the diode and capacitor C in the circuit shown so that half wave
rectification occurs. Calculate the maximum potential difference in volt across C after closing the switch in its nearest
integer value.

Diode
C

27. A transistor has a current gain of 30. If the collector resistance is 6 k, input resistance is 1 k, calculate its voltage gain.

28. Calculate the current gain  of a transistor, if the current gain  = 0.98.

29. A Zener of power rating 1 W is to be used as voltage regulator. If Zener has a breakdown of 5V and it has to regulate
voltage which fluctuated between 3V and 7V, what should be the value of RS (in ) for safe operation as shown in the
figure.
RS

Unregulated Regulated
voltage voltage

30. The density of electron's in n-type semiconductor is 1019/m3. Mobility of electron's in semiconductor if the resistivity of
1
the semiconductor is 0.4 m is , find n ?
n 102

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JEE Main Level Practice Test-20

for
JEE & NEET Aspirants
Topic : SEMICONDUCTORS ANSWER KEY
Section - A : MCQs with Single Option Correct
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (B)
5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (A)
9. (C) 10. (D) 11. (A) 12. (D)
13. (D) 14. (D) 15. (C) 16. (A)
17. (B) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (A)

Section- B: INTEGER Answer Type Questions

21. [50] 22. [5] 23. [1] 24. [6]
25. [20] 26. [141] 27. [180] 28. [49]
29. [10] 30. [64]

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