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When a circuit containing a bulb and a battery connected by wires is broken, the bulb stops glowing.

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Solution

The correct option is A True
When the circuit is broken, there is no closed path for current to travel. As current only travels through closed paths, current stops flowing which in turn switches the bulb off.

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