Q.

A hollow metal sphere of radius R is uniformly charged. The electric field due to the sphere at a distance r from the centre          [2019]
 

1 decreases as r increases for r<R and for r>R  
2 increases as r increases for r<R and for r>R  
3 zero as r increases for r<R, decreases as r increases for r>R  
4 zero as r increases for r<R, increases as r increases for r>R  

Ans.

(3)

In a uniformly charged hollow conducting sphere, 

(i)     For r<R, E=0

(ii)    For  r>RE=14πε0Q|r2|r^  ;  E decreases