- ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
- BStatement I is false but Statement II is true
- CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
- DBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
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Correct answer: C
- Analyze Statement I
An electric dipole has charges and , so the net enclosed charge is zero.
By Gauss's law,
Since for a dipole,
we get
So, the net electric flux through the sphere is zero.
Now check the second part: whether electric field is zero anywhere on the sphere.
For a dipole placed at the center, the electric field on the spherical surface is generally not zero everywhere; it varies with angle. In fact, at most points it is nonzero. Hence the intent of the statement is that although total flux is zero, the field itself is not zero on the sphere.
Therefore, Statement I is true.
- Analyze Statement II
For a charged solid metallic sphere of radius carrying charge :
- Inside the conductor, i.e. for ,
- Outside the conductor, i.e. for ,
- On the surface, just outside,
So if Statement II claims the electric field at any point depends on in a way inconsistent with the conductor result (as indicated), then it is false. The standard fact is that inside a metallic sphere electric field is zero, not proportional to or any nonzero expression.
Hence, Statement II is false.
- Choose the correct option
- Statement I: True
- Statement II: False
Therefore, the correct option is:
- Comparison with stored answer
Stored correct answer:
My derived answer matches the stored answer.
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