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By increasing the temperature, the specific resistance of a conductor and a semiconductor- (i) increases for both. (ii) decreases for both. (iii) increases for a conductor and decreases for a semiconductor. (iv) decreases for a conductor and increases for a semiconductor.

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Answer is (iii) increases for a conductor and decreases for a semiconductor.

Specific resistance of a conductor increases and for a semiconductor decreases with increase in temperature because for a conductor, a temperature. 

coefficient of resistivity α = + ve 

and for a semiconductor, α = -ve



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