When a battery is connected across a parallel combination of two unequal resistances.

Options

A. current passing through both the resistances would be equal.
B. p.d. across both the resistances would be equal.
C. current through bigger resistance would be more.
D. p.d. across smaller resistance would be more.

Answer

B

Explanation

p.d. across both the resistances would be equal.

Applying KVL in the closed loop containing `R_(1)` and `R_(2)` , we get
- `I_(1) R_(1) + I_(2) R_(2)= 0 `
`therefore I_(1) R_(1) = I_(1) R_(2) `
`therefore V_(1) = V_(2) `
`rArr `p.d across `R_(1) and R_(2)` are equal.