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Assertion: A current flows in a conductor only when there is an electric field within the conductor:
Reason: The drift velocity of electron in presence of electric field decreases.

A

both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

B

Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

C

A is true but R is false

D

A is false but R is true

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C
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