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Four charges are arranged at the corners of a square as shown in the figure. The direction of electric field at the centre of the square is along

A

DC

B

BC

C

AB

D

AD

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A
The resultant electric fields due to diagonally opposite charge will act as shown below.

Hence the resultant field is along DC.
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