Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

Question:

A metallic shell has a point charge ‘q’ kept inside its cavity. Which one of the following diagrams correctly represents the electric lines of forces ?

Options:

Correct Answer:

Explanation:

Electric field is zero everywhere inside a metal (conductor) i.e., field lines do not enter a metal. Simultaneously these are perpendicular to a metal surface (equipotential surface).