Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

Question:
How is the potential within and on the surface of a conductor?
Options:
Indirectly proportional
Directly proportional
Zero
Constant
Correct Answer:
Constant
Explanation:
Electric field at any point is equal to the negative of the potential gradient. But inside a conductor, the electric field is zero. Hence, the electric potential is constant throughout the volume of a conductor and has the same value on its surface.