MCQ
Three concentric spherical shells have radii $a, b$ and $c (a < b < c)$ and have surface charge densities $\sigma ,-\;\sigma $ and $\;\sigma \;$ respectively. If  $V_A,V_B$ and $V_C$  denote the potentials of the three shells, then, for $c = a +b,$ we have
  • A
    $V_C=V_B  \ne V_A$
  • B
    $V_C \ne V_B \ne V_A$
  • C
    $V_C=V_B=V_A$
  • $V_C=V_A \ne VB$

Answer

Correct option: D.
$V_C=V_A \ne VB$
d
$V_{A}=\frac{1}{4 \pi \varepsilon_{0}}\left\{\frac{q_{A}}{a}+\frac{q_{B}}{b}+\frac{q_{C}}{c}\right\}$

$=\frac{4 \pi}{4 \pi \varepsilon_{0}}\left\{\frac{a^{2} \sigma}{a}-\frac{b^{2} \sigma}{b}+\frac{c^{2} \sigma}{c}\right\}$

${V_{A}=\frac{1}{\varepsilon_{0}}\left\{\frac{a^{2} \sigma}{a}-\frac{b^{2} \sigma}{b}+\frac{c^{2} \sigma}{c}\right\}} $

${V_{B}=\frac{1}{\varepsilon_{0}}\left\{\frac{a^{2} \sigma}{b}-\frac{b^{2} \sigma}{b}+\frac{c^{2} \sigma}{c}\right\}}$

$V_{C}=\frac{1}{\varepsilon_{0}}\left\{\frac{a^{2} \sigma}{c}-\frac{b^{2} \sigma}{c}+\frac{c^{2} \sigma}{c}\right\}$

Given $c=a+b$ If $a=a, b=2 a$ and $c=3 a$ for example, as $c>b>a$

${V_{A}=\frac{1}{\varepsilon_{0}}\left\{\frac{a^{2} \sigma}{a}-\frac{4 a^{2} \sigma}{2 a}+\frac{c^{2} \sigma}{c}\right\}} $

${V_{B}=\frac{1}{\varepsilon_{0}}\left\{\frac{a^{2} \sigma}{2 a}-\frac{4 a^{2} \sigma}{2 a}+\frac{c^{2} \sigma}{c}\right\}}$

$V_{C}=\frac{1}{\varepsilon_{0}}\left\{\frac{a^{2} \sigma}{3 a}-\frac{4 a^{2} \sigma}{3 a}+\frac{c^{2} \sigma}{c}\right\}$

It can seen by taking out common factors that

$V_{A}=V_{C}>V_{B} \quad \text { i.e., } \quad V_{A}=V_{C} \neq V_{B}$

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