MCQ
When subjected to a transverse electric field, cathode rays move
- ADown the potential gradient
- ✓Up the potential gradient
- CAlong a hyperbolic path
- DAlong a circular path
✓
Answer
Correct option: B.
Up the potential gradient
In an electric field, a force opposite to the direction of electric field acts on negatively charged particles (i.e. from lower potential to higher potential).
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