NEET Physics Question - Electrostatics

Assertion (A): The electric field due to a charge configuration with total charge zero may not be zero.

Reason (R): Electric field obeys the principle of superposition.

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 has zero net charge but produces a non-zero electric field. Reason (R) is true: Electric fields add vectorially due to superposition. (R) correctly explains (A) because individual fields from component charges, even if their sum is zero, combine vectorially to form a net non-zero field.

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Electric Field of Zero Net Charge

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