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Grade 12th passElectric Current

Ques is given in attachment and the options are :
i) charge on outer surface of shell is uniformly distributed
ii) charge on outer surface of shell is non uniformly distributed
iii) charge on shell cannot be predicted.... ......... .....

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Profile image of Pawan joshi
7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Eshan
7 Years ago
Since the repulsion of charges on shell nearest to the charges q1 would be maximum, under equilibrium, more charge would accumulate on the vertical topmost and bottom most points of the sphere. Hence distribution will be no uniform.