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Assertion: Electrons move away from a low potential to high potential region.
Reason: Because electrons have negative charges

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If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If the assertion and reason both are false

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Electron has -ve charge and in electric field -ve charge moves from lower potential to higher potential.
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