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2. Electric potential and capacitance — Physics STD 12 Science — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 SciencePhysics2. Electric potential and capacitance1 Mark
MCQ
Consider a neutral conducting sphere. A positive point charge is placed outside the sphere. The net charge on the sphere is then,
  • A
    negative and distributed uniformly over the surface of the sphere
  • B
    negative and appears only at the point on the sphere closest to the point charge
  • C
    negative and distributed non-uniformly over the entire surface of the sphere
  • ✓
    zero
✓

Answer

Correct option: D.
zero
d

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