Assertion : In a simple battery circuit the point of lowest potential is positive terminal of the battery Reason : The current flows towards the point of the higher potential as it flows in such a circuit from the negative to the positive terminal. [AIIMS 2002]

• A.    If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
• B.    If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
• C.    If assertion is true but reason is false.
• D.    If the assertion and reason both are false.
• E.    If assertion is false but reason is true.