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Comment on the correctness of the following two statements:

Statement I => Gauss’s law is valid only for symmetrical Gaussian surfaces with respect to the charge distribution.

Statement II => Gauss’s law is valid only for charges placed in vacuum.


A

True, True

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True, false

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False, True

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D

False, False

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Solution

The correct option is D

False, False


Gauss’s law does not demand for any specific charge distribution or certain specific closed surface. There is no effect of medium either. It just relates the flux of net electric field through a closed surface, to the charge enclosed by the assumed surface, also generally known as the Gaussian surface.

Hence (d)


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