Given below are two statements. STATEMENT - 1: Electric potential of the Earth is taken…
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Given below are two statements.
STATEMENT - 1: Electric potential of the Earth is taken to be zero on the surface.
STATEMENT - 2: The electric field produced by the Earth in surrounding space is zero.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Statement - 1 is True, Statement - 2 is True; Statement - 2 is a correct explanation for Statement - 1
- Statement - 1 is True, Statement - 2 is True; Statement - 2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement - 1
- Statement - 1 is True, Statement - 2 is False
- Statement - 1 is False, Statement - 2 is True
Answer
(C) Statement - 1 is True, Statement - 2 is False
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