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The test charge used to measure electric field at a point should be___________

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infinitely large
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vanishingly small
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negative
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zero
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Solution

The correct option is B vanishingly small
To measure the electric field at a point, the test charge used should be very small so that it does not change the electric field to be measured and influence the source producing electric field to be measured.

Answer-(B)

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