Pick out the wrong statement

  • A

    In a simple battery circuit, the point of lowest potential is the negative terminal of the battery

  • B

    The resistance of an incandescent lamp is greater when the lamp is switched off

  • C

    An ordinary $100\, W$ lamp has less resistance than a $60\, W$ lamp

  • D

    At constant voltage, the heat developed in a uniform wire varies inversely as the length of the wire used

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