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  4. Given below are two statements. Statement I: Electric potential is constant within and at the surface of each conductor. Statement II: Electric field just outside a charged conductor is perpendicular to the surface of the conductor at every point. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options give below.

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Q. Given below are two statements.
Statement I : Electric potential is constant within and at the surface of each conductor.
Statement II : Electric field just outside a charged conductor is perpendicular to the surface of the conductor at every point.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options give below.

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Solution:

(Properties of conductor)
Statement - I, true as body of conductor acts as equipotential surface.
Statement - 2 True, as conductor is equipotential. Tangential component of electric field should be zero. Therefore electric field should be perpendicular to surface