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A long, hollow conducting cylinder is kept coaxially inside another long, hollow conducting cylinder of larger radius. Both the cylinders are initially electrically neutral.

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(a) A potential difference appears between the two cylinders when a charge density is given to the inner cylinder

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(b) A potential difference appears between the two cylinders when a charge density is given to the outer cylinder

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(c) No potential difference appears between the two cylinders when a uniform line charge is kept along the axis of the cylinders

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(d) No potential difference appears between the two cylinders when same charge density is given to both the cylinders

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