WAEC Physics 2022 Objective — Question 24

Which of the following statements about electric potential energy is not correct?

• A. The electric potential energy of a positively charged particle increases when it moves to a point of higher potential
• B. The electric potential energy of a negatively charged particle increases when it moves to a point of lower potential
• C. The electric potential energy of a positively charged particle decreases when it moves to a point of higher potentialCorrect
• D. The work done in taking a charged particle around a closed path in an electric field is zero