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A switch basically represents a gap in the electric circuit. Electric current can pass through a circuit only if it is complete. An incomplete circuit can never pass a current through it.

When the switch is in the 'off' position, the circuit has a break (gap) in it.

When you put the switch in 'on' position, the circuit wire join and the circuit gets completed.

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