Gujarati
1. Electric Charges and Fields
medium

Four charges are arranged at the corners of a square $ABCD$, as shown in the adjoining figure. The force on the charge kept at the centre $O$ is

A

Zero

B

Along the diagonal $AC$

C

Along the diagonal $BD$

D

Perpendicular to side $AB$

Solution

(c) We put a unit positive charge at $O$. Resultant force due to the charge placed at $A$ and $C$ is zero and resultant charge due to $B$ and $D$ is towards $D$ along the diagonal $BD$.

Standard 12
Physics

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