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Consider a neutral conducting sphere. A positive point charge is placed outside the sphere. The net charge on the sphere is then

A

negative and distrubuted uniformly over the surface of the sphere

B

negative and appears only at the point on the sphere closest to the point charge

C

negative and distributed non-uniformly over the entire surface of the sphere

D

zero

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Charge will be induced in the conducting sphere, but net charge on it will be zero.
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