Question

Which of the following statements is not true about Gauss’s law?

Options

• Gauss’s law is true for any closed surface.

• The term q on the right side of Gauss’s law includes the sum of all charges enclosed by the surface.

• Gauss’s law is not much useful in calculating electrostatic field when the system has some symmetry.

• Gauss’s law is based on the inverse square dependence on distance contained in the coulomb’s law.

Answer 1

Gauss’s law is not much useful in calculating electrostatic field when the system has some symmetry.