Question
Assertion : A person touching a high power line gets stuck with the line.
Reason : The current carrying wires attract the man towards it.

Answer

(d) Because there is no special attractive force that keeps a person stuck with a high power line. The actual reason is that a current of the order of $0.05 A$ or even less is enough to bring disorder in our nervous system. As a result of it, the affected person may lose temporarily his ability to exercise his nervous control to get himself free from the high power line.

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