Question

The current in conductors connecting the voltage source to the plates of a capacitor is ______

(a) Conduction current

(b) Leakage current

(c) Charging current

(d) Zero

This question was posed to me in semester exam.

I need to ask this question from Leakage and Conduction Currents in Capacitors topic in section Capacitance and Capacitors of Basic Electrical Engineering

Answer 1

Right option is (c) Charging current

To explain: The current in conductors connecting the voltage source to the plates of a capacitor is the charging current and not the conduction or leakage current.