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A hollow insulated conducting sphere is given a positive charge of 10 μC. What will be the electric field at the centre of the sphere? The radius of the sphere is 2 m.
PhysicsElectrostaticsNEET
Options:
  • A Zero
  • B 5 μC m-2
  • C 20 μm-2
  • D 8 μm-2
Solution:
2746 Upvotes Verified Answer
The correct answer is: Zero
Charge resides on the outer surface of a conducting hollow sphere of radius R. We consider a spherical surface of radius r<R.

By Gauss theorem



sE.ds=1ε0× charge enclosed

E×4πr2=1ε0×0E=0

i.e. electric field inside a hollow sphere is zero.

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