A square of side ‘$a$’ has charge $Q$ at its centre and charge ‘$q$’ at one of the corners. The work required to be done in moving the charge ‘$q$’ from the corner to the diagonally opposite corner is

  • A

    Zero

  • B

    $\frac{{Qq}}{{4\pi { \in _0}a}}$

  • C

    $\frac{{Qq\sqrt 2 }}{{4\pi { \in _0}a}}$

  • D

    $\frac{{Qq}}{{2\pi { \in _0}a}}$

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