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Consider two charged metallic spheres S_1 and S_2 of radii R_1 and R_2, respectively. The electric fields E_1 (on S_1 ) and E_2 (on S_2 ) on their…

JEE Main 2020 — Physics Electromagnetism

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Consider two charged metallic spheres S1{S}_{1}S1​ and S2{S}_{2}S2​ of radii R1{R}_{1}R1​ and R2,{R}_{2},R2​, respectively. The electric fields E1{E}_{1}E1​ (on S1{S}_{1}S1​ ) and E2{E}_{2}E2​ (on S2{S}_{2}S2​ ) on their surfaces are such that E1E2=R1R2.\frac{{E}_{1}}{{E}_{2}}=\frac{{R}_{1}}{{R}_{2}}.E2​E1​​=R2​R1​​. Then the ratio V1{V}_{1}V1​ (on S1{S}_{1}S1​ )///V2{V}_{2}V2​ (on S2{S}_{2}S2​ ) of the electrostatic potentials on each sphere is:

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Held on 8 Jan 2020 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

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  1. A

    R1R2\frac{{R}_{1}}{{R}_{2}}R2​R1​​

  2. B

    (R1R2)2{(\frac{{R}_{1}}{{R}_{2}})}^{2}(R2​R1​​)2

  3. C

    (R2R1)(\frac{{R}_{2}}{{R}_{1}})(R1​R2​​)

  4. D

    (R1R2)3{(\frac{{R}_{1}}{{R}_{2}})}^{3}(R2​R1​​)3

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