Discussion
Making a charge distribution more compact while keeping its total charge fixed
Answer: C
Like charges are being pushed closer together against their mutual repulsion, so work must be done and the field energy rises. Taken to the limit of a point charge the energy diverges, which is one of the well known difficulties of the classical theory of the electron and a sign that the point charge is an idealisation.
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