Question

Select One Correct Option from the following : Two identical conducting rods are first connected independently to two vessels, one containing water at $100^\circ C$ and the other containing ice at $0^\circ C$ . In the second case, the rods are joined end to end and connected to the same vessels. $q1 and q2$ grams per second be the rate of melting of ice in the two cases, respectively.The ratio $q_{1}/q_{2}$
(A) 1/2
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 1/4.

Answer 1

according to me the answer should be 2