Question

Figure shows the electric field lines around three point charges $A$, $B$ and $C$, which region or regions of the figure could the electric field be zero?

• A. Near $A$
• B. Near $B$
• C. Near $C$
• D. Nowhere

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

From the figure, it is clear that, there cannot be a neutral point between a positive and a negative charge. Neutral point can be only there between two like charges i.e., $A$ and $C$. As magnitude of charge $A$ is smaller than the magnitude of charge $C$, therefore, neutral point would lie closer to the charge $A$.