JEE Main 2013 — Electrostatics Question with Solution
JEE Main 2013 (25 Apr Online)
Question
This question has Statement-1 and Statement-2. Of the four choices given after the Statements, choose the one that best describes the two Statements.
Statement 1: No work is required to be done to move a test charge between any two points on an equipotential surface.
Statement 2 : Electric lines of force at the equipotential surfaces are mutually perpendicular to each other.
Choose an option
Show full solutionCorrect option: C
Correct answer
CStatement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false.
Step-by-step explanation
The work done is moving a charge along an equipotential surface is always zero.
The direction of electric field is perpendicular to the equipotential surface or lines.
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