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If a conductor has a potential `V != 0` and there are no charges anywhere else outside, then

A

there must be charges on the surface on inside itself

B

there cannot be any charge in the body of the conductor

C

there must be charges only on the surface

D

there must be charges inside the surface

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A, B
The charge resides on the outer surface of a closed charged conductor.
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