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2. If a charge -150 nC is given to a concentric spherical 10shell and a charge +50 nC is placed at its centre then thecharge on inner and outer surface of the shell is

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As you might know a neutral conductor contains equal number of positive and negative charges.

When a charge say “+q” is placed inside a conductor it attracts the oppositely charged particles in the conductor and hence charge equal in magnitude but opposite in sign is induced on the conductor in this case “-q”

But as the conductor is electrically neutral at the start, it will remain electrically neutral as there is no flow of charges.

Therefore to balance the “-q” charge induced on the inner surface a charge of same magnitude and opposite sign is induced on the outer surface of the condutor.

So the total charge on the conductor remains same as before i.e zero.



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