A thin metallic spherical shell contains a charge $Q$ on its surface. A point charge $q_{1}$ is placed at the centre of the shell and another charge $q_{2}$ is placed outside the shell. All the three charges are positive. Then, the force on charge $q_{1}$ is

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A thin metallic spherical shell contains a charge

Q

on its surface. A point charge

q_{1}

is placed at the centre of the shell and another charge

q_{2}

is placed outside the shell. All the three charges are positive. Then, the force on charge

q_{1}

is

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Step 1- Electrostatic ShieldingDue to Electrostatic shielding- The metallic spherical shell acts as a shield and do not allow the electric field due to outside charges to penetrate through it-Hence- electric field inside shell due to Q and q1 is zero-Therefore- no force will act on charge q-Hence- Correct answer is -D-Note -xA0- Electrostatic shielding acts in case of closed metallic surfaces with cavity in which external field does not effect internal contents and internal field does not effect external contents-xA0-

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A thin metallic spherical shell contains a charge $Q$ on its surface. A point charge $q_{1}$ is placed at the centre of the shell and another charge $q_{2}$ is placed outside the shell. All the three charges are positive. Then, the force on charge $q_{1}$ is

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