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Sonal Chauhan
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The filament of an electric bulb starts glowing when current is passed through it, but the wires carrying current do not glow. The reason for this is

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0%[A] More current flows in the filament than in the wires
0%[B] The resistance of the filament is less than that of the wires.
100%[C] Resistance of filament is more than that of wires. ( 1 voter )
0%[D] Only tungsten metal glows by passing current through the filament
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The resistance of the filament is more than that of the wires. The filament glows because its high resistance causes it to heat up and emit light when current flows through it. In contrast, the wires have much lower resistance, so they do not heat up significantly and therefore do not glow.

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