Given below are two statements.
Statement – I: Electric potential is constant within and at the surface of each conductor.
Statement – II: Electric field just outside a charged conductor is perpendicular to the surface of the conductor at every point.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

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Statement – I is incorrect but and statement – II is correct.

Both statement – I and statement – II are incorrect.

Both statement – I and statement – II are correct.

Statement – I is correct but statement – II is incorrect.

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

According to the properties of conductor,
Statement – I is true as body of conductor acts as equipotential surface and the electric field inside the conductor is zero.
Statement – 2 is also true as conductor is equipotential. Tangential component of electric field should be zero. Therefore electric field should be perpendicular to surface.

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