Potential Energy of a System of Multiple Point Charges
Assertion :Po...
Question
Assertion :Positive charge always moves from a higher potential point to a lower potential point. Reason: Electric potential is a vector quantity.
A
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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C
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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D
Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct
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Solution
The correct option is C Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect We know that direction of electric field is from high potential to low potential and when a proton is placed in an electric field, the electric force on proton is in the direction of electric field as proton is a positively charged particle.
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So, Assertion is correct. And, Reason is incorrect because Electric potential is a scalar quantity given by