Question

Two wires from electric poles come to our houses. These two wires are called:

• A. dead wire and live wire
• B. live wire and neutral wire
• C. neutral wire and positive wire
• D. positive wire and negative wire

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

live wire and neutral wire

Electricity is generated at power stations. It is brought to our homes by two thick copper wires or aluminium wires fixed at tall poles and from electric poles situated in our street, two insulated wires N and L come to our house. These two wires are called neutral wire and live wire.