Q1. A thin metallic spherical shell contains a charge Q on it.A point charge q is placed at the centre of the shell and another charge q₁ is placed outside it.All the three charges are positive.The force on the charge at the centre

(a)towards left (b)towards right

(c)upwaed (d)zero

Q2.Consider the situation of the previous problem the force on the central charge due to the shell is

(a)towards left (b)towards right

(c)upward (d)zero

Pliz explain the result!!!

Dear Sunindra,

If a charged particle is located inside a shell of uniform charge, there is no net electrostatic force on the particle from the wall

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