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Why the current flowing is extremely small during reverse biasing of a junction diode?

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The current flowing through the diode during reverse bias is extremely small because it is entirely due to minority charge carriers, which are very few in number compared to majority carriers.
Semiconductor diode

From ISC 2027 Specimen Physics Paper 1, question 7(i).