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Precautions While Using Electricity

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A person may get a severe electric shock on touching a :

A

a neutral wire

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B

a live wire

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C

an earth wire

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D

none of these

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Solution

The correct option is B a live wire
A person may get a severe electric shock on touching the live wire. Because live wires have high potential and current flows through our body (low potential ). Thus we get electric shocks.

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