Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): When a fully charged capacitor is connected to a steady DC battery, the displacement current between its plates is zero. Reason (R): The displacement current between the plates of a capacitor is directly proportional to the steady electric potential difference applied across it. In the light of the

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Assertion (A) is true: When a capacitor is fully charged by a steady DC battery, the potential difference across its plates becomes constant with time ( dV dt = 0 ). Since displacement current is given by I_d = C dV dt , it becomes zero under steady DC conditions. Reason (R) is false: Displacement current is not proportional to the steady electric potential difference itself. Instead, it is directly proportional to the rate of change of electric potential difference with time ( dV dt ). Therefore, Assertion is true