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A spherical portion has been removed from a solid sphere having a charge distributed uniformly in its volume as shown in the figure. The electric field inisde the emptied space is

A

zero everywhere

B

non-zero and uniform

C

non-uniform

D

zero only at its center

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B
Inside the cavity, field at any point is uniform and non-zero.
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