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प्रश्न
How do you think the brightness of two lamps arranged in parallel compares with the brightness of two lamps arranged in series (both arrangements having one cell)?
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उत्तर
The brightness of two lamps arranged in parallel will be more compared with the brightness of two lamps arranged in series because a parallel circuit offers less resistance.
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