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A long cylindrical shell carries positive surface charge σ in the upper half and negative surface charge σ in the lower half. The electric field lines around the cylinder will look like figure given in:

(figures are schematic and not drawn to scale)
PhysicsElectrostaticsJEE MainJEE Main 2015 (04 Apr)
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Using the properties of a dipole and laws of electric field line where two lines should not intersect, the graph would be, 

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