Two capacitors of capacitances C 1 and C 2 are connected in parallel. If a charge q is given to the assembly, the charge gets shared. The ratio of the charge on the capacitor C 1 to the charge that on C 2 is
A
B
C
C 1 C 2
D
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A
For the two capacitors connected in parallel,
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