Browse by Stream
QnA
Home
QnA
Go To Your Study Dashboard

Get Answers to all your Questions

header-bg qa
  • Home
  • Engineering
  • Confused! kindly explain, There are two metallic spheres of same radii but one is solid and the other is hollow, then

There are two metallic spheres of same radii but one is solid and the other is hollow, then

  • Option 1)

    Solid sphere can be given more charge

  • Option 2)

    Hollow sphere can be given more charge

  • Option 3)

    They can be charged equally (maximum)

  • Option 4)

    None of the above

 

Answers (1)

best_answer

As we learned

If surface is uniform -

Charge distributes uniformly.

- wherein

 

 Because in case of metallic sphere either solid or hollow, the charge will reside on the surface of the sphere. Since both spheres have same surface area, so they can hold equal maximum charge.

 


Option 1)

Solid sphere can be given more charge

Option 2)

Hollow sphere can be given more charge

Option 3)

They can be charged equally (maximum)

Option 4)

None of the above

Posted by

Plabita

View full answer

JEE Main high-scoring chapters and topics

Study 40% syllabus and score up to 100% marks in JEE

Similar Questions

Trending Articles/News

anam-khan

NTA Exam Changes Live: Reforms in NEET UG, JEE Main, CUET; test centres, question papers, biometric data
anam-khan

NTA to not hold recruitment exams; will be restructured in 2025: Dharmendra Pradhan
anam-khan

JEE Main 2025: BTech ECE remains among top engineering choices; NIT cut-offs

Latest Question