Discussion
Assertion: Maxwell added the displacement current term to Ampere's law. Reason: without it the equations contradict the conservation of charge.
Answer: D
Taking the divergence of the unmodified law would force the current density to be solenoidal always, which fails whenever charge accumulates. The extra term makes the total current solenoidal instead, which is consistent, and that inconsistency is precisely what prompted the addition.
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