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An Electrician Has Wired a House in Such a Way that If a Lamp Gets Fused in One Room of the House, All the Lamps in Other Rooms of the House Stop Working. What is the Defect in the Wiring? - Science

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प्रश्न

 An electrician has wired a house in such a way that if a lamp gets fused in one room of the house, all the lamps in other rooms of the house stop working. What is the defect in the wiring?

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उत्तर

The electrician has wired the house in a series circuit.

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अध्याय 1: Electricity - Exercise 6

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लखमीर सिंग Physics (Science) [English] Class 10
अध्याय 1 Electricity
Exercise 6 | Q 11.3

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