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The electron drift speed is small and the charge of the electron is also small but still, we obtain large current in a conductor. This is due to

A

the conducting property of the conductor

B

the resistance of the conductor is small

C

the electron number density of the conductor is small

D

the electron number density of the conductor is enormous.

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D

It is because number of electrons per unit volume of a conductor is very large `(~~10^(28)m^(-3))`.
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