Electric Charges and Fields - Result Question 14
14. A hollow metal sphere of radius is uniformly charged. The electric field due to the sphere at a distance from the centre :
[2019]
(a) increases as
(b) zero as
(c) zero as
(d) decreases as
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 14. (b)
Solution:
(b) Charge
(i) For
[At a point inside the hollow sphere]
By Gauss’s law,
As enclosed charge is
So,
(ii) For
[At a point outside hollow sphere]
By Gauss’s law,