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A small test charge is released at rest at a point in an electrostatic field configuration . Will it travel along the field line passing through that point ?

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The electrostatic force acts along the field line. Hence the test charge will be accelerated along the field line passing through the point. Its velocity ( i.e., the motion ) will be along the same direction only if the field line is a straight line.
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