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In a uniformly charged sphere of total charge and radius , the electric field is plotted as a function of distance from the centre. The graph which would correspond to the above will be:
image

  1. A
    1
  2. B
    2
  3. C
    3
  4. D
    4

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Inside a uniformly charged non-conducting sphere (): Outside the sphere (): At , .The graph starts from zero at the centre, increases linearly up to , and then decreases following an inverse square law. This matches Graph (3) in standard textbook representations.

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In a uniformly charged sphere of total charge and radius , the electric field is plotted as a function of distance from the centre. The graph which would correspond to the above will be:
image
A
1
B
2
C
3
D
4

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