Choose the $FALSE$ statement from the following.

  • A
    Generally,in conductors the valence and conducting bands overlap.
  • B
    The resistivity of a semiconductor increases with increase in temperature.
  • C
    The conductivity of a semiconductor increases with increase in temperature.
  • D
    Substances with an energy gap of the order of $10 \ eV$ are insulators.

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