Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Electric Charges and Fields

Question:

Which of the following is NOT true about electric field lines?

Options:

They emanate from a positive charge and terminate at a negative charge.

They intersect each other in space.

They are always perpendicular to the surface of a conductor.

None of the above.

Correct Answer:

They intersect each other in space.

Explanation:

Electric field lines do not intersect each other because at the point of intersection there will be two tangents drawn that will give two directions of the electric field.