Question

Assertion: On moving a distance two times the initial distance away from an infinitely long straight uniformly charged wire the electric field reduces to one-third of the initial value.

Reason: The electric field is inversely proportional to the distance from an infinitely long straight uniformly charged wire.

Options

• Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.

• Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation for assertion.

• Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect.

• Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.

Answer 1

Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.