In a charge free region, the electric field lines: |
can be taken to be continuous curves without any breaks. can be taken to be discontinuous curves without any breaks. can be taken to be continuous curves with sudden breaks. can be taken to be discontinuous curves with sudden breaks. |
can be taken to be continuous curves without any breaks. |
The correct answer is Option (1) → can be taken to be continuous curves without any breaks. In a charge free region, electric field lines represent the direction of electric field vector and must satisfy Maxwell equations. Specially, since there are no charges in the region, the field lines cannot begin or end abruptly, they have smooth and continuous curve. |