When a battery is connected to a $P$-type semiconductor with a metallic wire, the current in the semiconductor (predominantly), inside the metallic wire and that inside the battery respectively is due to

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(a) Charge carriers inside the $P$-type semiconductor are holes (mainly). Inside the conductor charge carriers are electrons and for cell ions are the charge carriers

Q. When a battery is connected to a $P$-type semiconductor with a metallic wire, the current in the semiconductor (predominantly), inside the metallic wire and that inside the battery respectively is due to

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