NEET UG 2023 · Physics · Question 16
NEET 2023 Physics, question 16
Question 16 of the NEET 2023 paper (code G6) is a Physics question from Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits. Its idea, Photodiodes, LEDs and Solar Cells, was asked twice, in 2023 and 2024, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q16 · Physics
Given below are two statements:
Statement I : Photovoltaic devices can convert optical radiation into electricity.
Statement II : Zener diode is designed to operate under reverse bias in breakdown region.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
- 1Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
- 2Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.Official answer
- 3Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
- 4Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Photodiodes, LEDs and Solar Cells, in other papers
NEET asked this idea twice, in 2023 and 2024. The other question below.
- 2024 Q4Consider the following statements A and B and identify the correct answer : [graph: I vs V axes with quadrants (I)-(IV)] A. For a…Figure-based · Medium
Photodiodes, LEDs and Solar Cells: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits in ten years of NEET
27 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.6 a paper. Semiconductor Devices alone had 17.