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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2023

The equipotential surfaces due to an isolated point charge \( q < 0 \) are:

  1. A concentric spherical shells and distance between the shells increases with the distance from point charge
  2. B concentric spherical shells and the distance between the shells decreases with the distance from the point charge
  3. C equispaced concentric spherical shells
  4. D concentric surfaces in elliptical shape
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(A) concentric spherical shells and distance between the shells increases with the distance from point charge

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Equipotential surfaces for a point charge are concentric spheres because the potential depends solely on the radial distance. Since the electric field strength decreases as you move away ( \(E \propto 1 / r^2\) ), the distance between shells must increase to maintain a constant…