Question

According to Coulomb's law, the electrical force between two charged objects:A.is zero if they are opposite charges.B.increases with increasing charge.C.does not depend on the amount of charge.D.increases with increasing distance.

Answer 1

Answer and explanation:

A correct option is an option (B).

The electrical force between two charges is given as,

$F=\frac{1}{4\pi\epsilon_0}\frac{q_1q_1}{r^2}$

The electrical force is directly proportional to the product of two charges. Thus Force will depend on two charges irrespective of their signs.

Option (A) is incorrect because if charges are opposite, the value of force will not be zero. It will be -ve.

Option (C) is incorrect because the force is directly proportional to the product of charges, it depends on the amount of charge.

Option (D) is also incorrect because the force in inversly proportional to the distance between two charges. Thus, if the distance between two charges is increased, the force between two charges will decrease.

Concllusion:

The correct option is option (B).