Question

Assertion :  A bird perches on a high power line and nothing happens to the bird.

Reason : The level of bird is very high from the ground.

(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 correct explanation of A

(c) A is true but R is false

(d) A and R are false

Answer 1

Correct option (c) A is true but R is false

Explanation:

Electric shock is due to the electric current flowing through a living body. When the bird perches on a single high power line, no current passes through its body because its body is at equipotential surface i.e., there is no potential difference. While when man touches the same line. standing bare foot on ground the electrical circuit is completed through the ground. The hands of man are at high potential and his feets are at low potential. Hence large amount of current flows through the body of the man and person therefore gets a fatal shock.