Assertion : In a simple battery circuit, the point of the lowest potential is negative terminal of the battery.
Reason : The current flows towards the point of the higher potential, as it does in such a circuit from the negative to the positive terminal.
AIIMS 2010, Easy
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Positive terminal of a battery is point of highest potential and current flows from highest to lowest potential i.e. from $+ve$ to $-\,ve$ potential.
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