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Consider a neutral conducting sphere.  A positive point charge is placed outside the sphere.  The net charge on the sphere is then

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a

Zero

b

negative and distributed uniformly over the surface

c

negative and appears only at the point near to charge

d

negative, but non uniformly distributed

answer is D.

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Induced charges are equal in magnitude, but opposite in sign on near and opposite faces of sphere.

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