On increasing temperature, the conduction in metallic conductors :
A
increases
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B
decreases
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C
remains constant
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D
none of the above
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Solution
The correct option is B decreases Increasing the temperature will inhibit conduction in a metallic conductors because the increased thermal motions of the electrons will tend to interfere with their regular flow in an electric current.