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{Shastras Q-21}
a point charge q is brought from infinity and is placed at the center of a conducting neutral spherical shell of inner radius 'a' and outer radius 'b', then work done by external agent is.

A}0
B}kq²/2b
C}kq²/2b - kq²/2a
D}kq²/2a - kq²/2b

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Akash Anand ·2014-06-17 02:15:41

There will be correction in C option. There won't be any two in denominator for both the terms.

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Sahil Jain ·2014-06-12 02:13:41

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Swastik Haldar no the answer is given as C.
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Rajiv Agarwal ·2014-06-12 23:52:32

When you bring a charge and place it at the centre, then it will induce charges on the spherical shells. From there try and get the answer.

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Sahil Jain -q in the inner surface or inner sheel and +q in the outer surface of outer shell
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