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 give below.

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Both statement I and statement II are incorrect

Statement I is incorrect but and statement II is correct(a)

Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect

Both statement I and statement II are correct

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

(Properties of conductor)
Statement – I, true as body of conductor acts as equipotential surface.
Statement – 2 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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