Question

In an electric circuit, the current flows from the:

(A) negative terminal to the positive terminal
(B) negative terminal to the neutral terminal
(C) positive terminal to the negative terminal
(D) neutral terminal to the positive terminal [1 Mark]

Answer 1

• In an electric circuit, the conventional direction of the current is taken as from the positive terminal to the negative terminal.
• Because electrons are responsible for electric current. Electrons are free to move and the flow of electrons is from negative to the positive terminal.
• Hence,the direction of an electric current is opposite to the direction of electron flow, that is positive terminal to negative terminal.

Hence option C is correct.
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