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Consider the following statements about Gauss's law.

1. It holds for any closed surface   2. External charge contributes no net flux   3. It gives the field directly whatever the symmetry

  • A.1 and 3 only are correct
  • B.1 and 2 only are correct
  • C.1, 2 and 3 are all correct statements about the law
  • D.2 and 3 only are correct

Answer: B

Correct answer: 1 and 2 only are correct

Statements 1 and 2 are correct: the law holds for any closed surface whatever, and external charges contribute no net flux. Statement 3 confuses the law with its usefulness - it is always true, but it yields the field only where symmetry lets \( \mathbf{D} \) be taken outside the integral.

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