Question

A thin, metallic spherical shell contains a charge Q on it. A point charge q is placed at the centre of the shell and another charge q₁ is placed outside it as shown in the following figure. All the three charges are positive. The force on the central charge due to the shell is ______.

Options

•  towards left

• towards right

• upward

• zero

Answer 1

A thin, metallic spherical shell contains a charge Q on it. A point charge q is placed at the centre of the shell and another charge q₁ is placed outside it as shown in the following figure. All the three charges are positive. The force on the central charge due to the shell is zero.