Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: In electrostatics, a conductor does not store any net charge inside.
Reason R: Inside the capacitor (with no dielectric medium), the free charge carriers, if placed between the plates of capacitor, experience force and drift.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- A
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- B
Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
- C
A is true but R is false
- D
A is false but R is true
Assertion: In electrostatic equilibrium any excess charge on a conductor resides on its outer surface; the interior holds no net charge. True.
Reason: A free charge placed in the field between capacitor plates does experience a Coulomb force and drifts. True.
However, the reason addresses the dynamics of a free charge inside a capacitor gap, not the equilibrium charge distribution on an isolated conductor. So R, while true, does not explain A.
Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
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