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Electric field is the electrostatic force per unit charge acting on a vanishingly small test charge placed at that point. It is a vector quantity and the electric field inside a charged conductor is zero. Electric flux `phi` is the total number of electric lines of force passing through a surface in a direction normal to the surface when the surface is placed inside the electric field.
`phi=ointvecE.vec(ds)=q/epsilon_0`
A positive charge Q is uniformly distributed along the circular ring of radius R. A small test charge q is placed at the centre of te ring as shown.

A

If qgt0 and is displaced away from the centre is the plane of the ring it will be pushed back towards the centre.

B

If qlt0 and is displaced away from the centre in the plane of the ring. It will never return to the centre and will continue moving till it hits the ring.

C

If qlt0, it will perform SHM for small displacement along the axis.

D

q at the centre of the ring is an unstbae equilibrium within the plane of the ring for qgt0.

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