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a point charge is placed at rest inside a thin metallic spherical shell, but not at its centre.
a) the force acting on the charge is zero
b) the force acting on the charge is non zero
c) the force acting on the particle is non zero constant, wherever the charge is placed inside the shell
d) none of these
    
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its 0...no field inside shell even if there is external fields etc

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sorry its not 0
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Answer should be (b)

The charge distribution should be nonuniform which makes force non zero

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charge appears on the INSIDE SURFACE of the shell......but how to know is it uniform or not??
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its 0 (zero)

as there is electrostatic shielding inside the conductor so E = 0

also F = qE = 0

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but there exists electric field inside the shell...due to the charge appeared...so it should exert a force on the charge....
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it shud be b)
because the charge distribution on the inner surface of shell will be non-uniform and the portion of shell which is closer to the charge will determine direction of force

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i think edison overlooked the fact that the charge is inside it

BUT NOT AT ITS CENTRE

so ans is B


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no ans is a only
c consider lik this..think along the lines of electrostatic shielding...
a sensitive obj placed anywhere inside cavity of conductor is protected from ne field so tht it is not affected at all
now this is the same case..the field inside is only due to the charge itself..n its own cannot affect it..

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field is NOT only due to the charge...its also due to the charge of the spherical shell which has been assembled at the inside surface of the shell..
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its definately b...nishant;s reason is absolutely right..the side where the charge is closer to it will have more electric field lines than at the other end. so non-uniform field would result in force..E = 0 only when charge is at the centre.

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its surely b yar.
bcz if charge will be at centre den only all forces due to it will get cancelled out.
otherwise charge closer will experience more force nd remember force depend on distance


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