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Grade 10Electric Current

Why test charge is always taken positive rather than taken negative?

Profile image of Shobhit Shuklq
7 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of Arun
7 Years ago
We take positive charge as a test charge because positive charge is higher potential and negative charge is lower potential. Therefore, influence of positive charge on other charges is greater than negative charges