Question

Assertion: It is fatal to touch a live electric wire as the person gets a severe electric shock. In some cases, electric shock can even kill a person.Reason: The electric current passes through the body to the earth forming a circuit and bums the blood.

Answer 1

Answer:

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Answer 2

Answer:

Both assertion and reason are correct. Reason stated here  is the correct explanation of Assertion.

Explanation:

• When an electrical current passes through the body, the nervous system experience an electric shock.

• The intensity of the shock depends mainly on the strength of the current and the path taken by the current through the body and the duration of contact.
• In extreme cases the shock causes the failure of the normal action of the heart and lungs, resulting in unconsciousness or death.