What is the direction of electric field intensity?

  • A
    The direction of the force experienced by a positive test charge placed at that point.
  • B
    The direction of the force experienced by a negative test charge placed at that point.
  • C
    The direction of the magnetic field at that point.
  • D
    It is always perpendicular to the surface of the conductor.

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$A$. The electric field intensity due to a charged spherical shell is inversely proportional to the square of its distance from the center for points outside the shell.
$B$. The electric potential due to a point charge is inversely proportional to the distance between the charge and the point.

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$A$ circular wire loop of radius $1 \, cm$ carries a total charge $1 \times 10^{-6} \, C$ distributed uniformly over its length. If $0.01 \%$ of its length (circumference) is cut off, then the electric field at the centre of the loop due to the remaining wire is
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Two non-conducting solid spheres of radii $R$ and $2R$,having uniform volume charge densities $\rho_1$ and $\rho_2$ respectively,touch each other. The net electric field at a distance $2R$ from the centre of the smaller sphere,along the line joining the centres of the spheres,is zero. The ratio $\frac{\rho_1}{\rho_2}$ can be;
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