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Pick out the statement which is not true

A

At a low temperature, the resistance of a semiconductor is very high.

B

Movement of holes is restricted to the valence band only.

C

Width of the depletion region increases as the forward bias voltage increases in case of a p-n junction diode.

D

In a forward bias condition, the diode heavily conducts.

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