Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Electric Charges and Fields

Question:

A charge of 50 μC is uniformly distributed on the surface of a thin spherical shell of radius 10 cm. The electric field at a point at a distance of 5 cm from the center of the shell is

Options:

$18 × 10^7\, N/C$

$9 × 10^7\, N/C$

$9 × 10^6\, N/C$

Zero

Correct Answer:

Zero

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Zero

By Gauss's Law, the electric field inside a uniformly charged spherical shell is zero.

Since the point lies at a distance of 5 cm from the center, which is inside the shell (radius 10 cm), the electric field is:

$E = 0$