A thin metallic spherical shell contains a charge Q on it A point charge q is placed at the centre of the shell and another charge q1 is placed outside it as shown in figure. All the three charges are positive. The force on the charge at the centre is

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A thin metallic spherical shell contains a charge Q on it A point charge q is placed at the centre of the shell and another charge q1 is placed outside it as shown in figure. All the three charges are positive. <img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/physics/800cc5f3852e9069265573e9be1d5e6b-.png" /> The force on the charge at the centre is (A) towards left (B) towards right (C) upward (D) zero

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Note that there is no field inside the metallic shell and hence no force is experienced by the charge at the centre.

Q. A thin metallic spherical shell contains a charge Q on it A point charge q is placed at the centre of the shell and another charge q1​ is placed outside it as shown in figure. All the three charges are positive. The force on the charge at the centre is

towards left

towards right

upward

zero

Note that there is no field inside the metallic shell and hence no force is experienced by the charge at the centre.

Q. A thin metallic spherical shell contains a charge $Q$ on it A point charge $q$ is placed at the centre of the shell and another charge $q_{1}$ is placed outside it as shown in figure. All the three charges are positive.

The force on the charge at the centre is