Question

As one penetrates through uniformly charged conducting sphere, what happens to the electric field strength:

• A. decreases inversely as the square of the distance
• B. decreases inversely as the distance
• C. becomes zero
• D. increases inversely as the square of distance

Answer 1

The correct option is C becomes zero

In a conducting material, all charge resides on the surface. Thus, any Gaussian surface inside the sphere encloses zero charge, resulting in zero field.