Question

Assertion (A): When 2 long parallel wires, hanging freely are connected in parallel to a battery, they come closer to each other.
Reason (R): Wires carrying current in opposite directions repel each other.

Options

• Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

• Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

• The assertion is true but the reason is false.

• The assertion is false but the reason is true

Answer 1

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