Current Electricity Charging Discharging Of Capacitors Question 388
Question: If an electric current is passed through a nerve of a man, then man
[UPSEAT 1999]
Options:
A) Begins to laugh
B) Begins to weep
C) Is excited
D) Becomes insensitive to pain
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
Human body, though has a large resistance of the order, of $ K\Omega $ (say $ 10k\Omega $ ), is very sensitive to minute currents even as low as a few mA. Electrons, excites and disorders the nervous system of the body and hence one fails to control the activity of the body.
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