What is the angle between electric field and equipotential surfaces ?

90 always

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Solution

The correct option is A 90 always
$d V = \to E \cdot \to d r$

$∵ d V = 0,$ In RHS dot product will be zero

$∴$ An electric field is always perpendicular to the equipotential surface at any point.

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