Which of the following is a wrong statement?
- AThe Wheatstone bridge is most sensitive when all the four resistances are of the same order.
- BIn a balanced Wheatstone bridge,interchanging the positions of the galvanometer and the cell affects the balance of the bridge.
- CKirchhoff's first law (for currents meeting at a junction in an electric circuit) expresses the conservation of charge.
- DThe rheostat can be used as a potential divider.
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