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. positive terminal to the neutral terminal

Answer 1

The correct option is C

positive terminal to the negative terminal

In an electric circuit, the conventional direction of the current is taken as from the positive terminal to the negative terminal. Because earlier it was believed that the protons are responsible for electric current. Eventually, we found that the electrons are responsible for electric current. Electrons are free to move and the flow of electrons is from negative to the positive terminal. The direction of an electric current by convention is the direction in which a positive charge would move.