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Why does the electric field inside a dielectric decrease when it is placed in an external field ?

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Due to polarisation.
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  5. Two large conduction spheres carrying charges Q(1) and Q(2) are brough...

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  6. Define volume charge density and write its SI unit.

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  9. Electric dipole moment is

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  11. An electric dipole of dipole moment vecp is placed in an electric fiel...

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  12. When an electric dipole is subjected to a uniform electric field, what...

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  13. If mass of the electron = 9.1 xx 10^(–31) Kg. Charge on the electron =...

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  14. Assertion : An electrostatic field line never form closed loop. Reas...

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  15. S1 and S2 are two parallel concentric spheres enclosing charges Q and ...

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  16. Can charge lie on a Gaussian surface?

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  17. State Gauss's law in the integral form and write its equation .

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  18. If It is 1/r^2.5 in place of 1/r^2, would Gauss's law still hold?

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  19. Can we distribute charge over the volume of conducting material ?

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  20. Why is the direction of the electric field due to a charged conducting...

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