Question

Assertion: The positive charge particle is placed in front of a spherical uncharged conductor. The number of lines of forces terminating on the sphere will be more than those emerging from it.

Reason: The surface charge density at a point on the sphere nearest to the point charge will be negative and maximum in magnitude compared to other points on the sphere.

Options

• If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.

• If both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.

• If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.

• If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.

Answer 1

If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.