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The colour of the earth wire in the modern convention is:
- abrown
- bblue
- cgreen with a yellow stripe
- dred
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
green with a yellow stripe
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Explanation
Brown is live and blue is neutral in the same convention.
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