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Question 129 of 311

A long cylindrical shell carries positive surface charge σ\sigma in the upper half and negative surface charge –σ–\sigma in the lower half. The electric field lines around the cylinder will look like figure given in:

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Answer: (B)

Using the properties of a dipole and laws of electric field line where two lines should not intersect, the graph would be,

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