Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other as Reason R.

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G1 Physics · Accepted Answer

In a forward-biased p–n junction, the barrier potential decreases and majority carriers cross the junction easily. Therefore diffusion current becomes much larger than drift current. So Assertion A is true. However, the direction statement in Reason R is not the correct conventional-current description of diffusion current for the junction. Therefore Assertion A is true but Reason R is false. Hence option D follows.