NEET Physics Question - Electrostatics

Assertion (A): The electric field due to point charge configuration with total charge zero is not zero.

Reason (R): Gauss law does not hold for a configuration with total charge zero.

Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)

Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are false

Solution:

Assertion (A) is true: an electric dipole (total charge zero) produces a non-zero electric field \(\propto 1/r^3\). Reason (R) is false: Gauss's Law \( \oint \vec{E} \cdot d\vec{A} = Q_{enc}/\epsilon_0\) is a fundamental law that always holds, regardless of the total charge.

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