Discussion
A charge of 5 nC lies at the centre of a hollow earthed conducting sphere. The charge appearing on the outer surface of the sphere is
Answer: B
The inner surface takes minus five nanocoulombs, and earthing supplies whatever charge is needed to hold the sphere at zero potential, which here means the outer surface carries nothing. The external field is therefore zero, which is complete screening.
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