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Electric field strength for a radial field - class-XII

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A charge is kept at the centre of a shell. Shell has charge Q uniformally distibuted over its surface and radius R. The force on the central charge due to the shell is :

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zero
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Electric field at the centre of shell is zero when charge is uniformally distributed over surface of shell . 

Hence the force on the charge at the centre is zero.

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