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A spherical charged conductor has surface charge density `sigma`.The intensity of electric field and potential on its surface are `E` and `V` .Now radius of sphere is halved keeping the charge density as constant .The new electric field on the surface and potneial at the centre of the sphere are

A

`4E,V`

B

`E,V//2`

C

`E,V`

D

`2E,4V`

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