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A metallic solid sphere is placed in a uniform electric field. The lines of force follow the path(s) shown in Figure as

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D
Electric field lines never enter a metallic conductor (E = 0, inside a conductor) and they fall normally on the surface of a metallic conductor (because whole surface is at same potential and lines are perpendicular to equipotential surface).
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