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Equipotentials at a great distance from a collection of charges, whose total sum is not zero, are approximaltey

A

spheres

B

planes

C

paraboloids

D

ellipsoids

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At a large distance from charges, the charges may be considered as point charge and hence equipotential surfaces are concentric spheres.
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