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Assertion: Five charges +q each are placed at five vertices of a regular pentagon. A sixth charge - Q is placed at the centre of pentagon. Then net electrostatic force on -Q is zero
Reason: Net electrostatic potential at the centre is zero. 

A

Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

B

Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

C

Assertion is true and Reason is false

D

Assertion is false and Reason is false

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B
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