Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Electric Charges and Fields

Question:

Choose the correct answer from the following:

If three charged particles are collinear and are in equilibrium, then:

Options:

all the charged particles have equal charge.

all the charged particles have the same sign and the distances between two consecutive charged particles are same.

all the charged particles have the same sign

all the charged particles cannot have the same sign

Correct Answer:

all the charged particles cannot have the same sign

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → all the charged particles cannot have the same sign

For three charged particles to be in equilibrium, the forces acting on it must balance out and thus, all the particles cannot have the same sign.