
Two charged metallic spheres of same size repel each other by a force . They are now touched with each other and are then separated to same initial distance. Now the force of repulsion is . Which of following are possible ?


Important Questions on Electric Charges and Fields

In which of the following figures, electric field at point is non-zero?


Which of the four particles contribute to the electric field at point on the surface?

Which of the four particles contribute to the net electric flux through the closed surface?


A few electric field lines for a system of two charges and fixed at two different points on the -axis are shown in the figure. These lines suggest that

Two nonconducting solid spheres of radii and having uniform volume charge densities and , respectively, touch each other. The net electric field at a distance from the centre of the smaller sphere, along the line joining the centre of the spheres, is zero. The ratio can be:
