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How does the electric field strength vary when we enter and move inside a uniformly charged spherical cloud?

A

Increases inversely as the square of the distance from the center.

B

Decreases inversely as the square of the distance from the center

C

Increases directly as the distance from the center.

D

Decreases directly as the distance from the centre

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