
Assertion: The electrostatic potential is necessarily zero at a point, where the electric field strength is zero.
Reason: A charged particle in an electric field will move from higher potential region to lower potential region.


Important Questions on Electrostatics
Assertion: In a given situation of arrangement of charges, an additional charge is placed outside the Gaussian surface. In the Gauss' theorem remains unchanged whereas electric field at the site of the element is changed.
Reason: Electric field at any point on the Gaussian surface is only due to inside charge.

Assertion: An electric charge is fixed in free space which produces an electric field around it. No work is done in displacing another charge from its position to any other position.
Reason: Electrostatic field is non conservative.

Assertion: Electric field lines do not cut at any point.
Reason: At any point, there is only one direction of electric field.

Assertion: Electrostatic field lines never form closed loops.
Reason: Electrostatic field is a conservative field.

Assertion: If a conductor is given a certain, charge then no excess inner charge appears.
Reason: In electrostatic condition field inside a conductor is zero.

Assertion: Electric field inside a metal surface is zero in electrostatic condition.
Reason: Electric charges exist only on the surface of conductor.

Assertion: Two charged particles at rest experiences only electrical force.
Reason: Charges at rest can only produce electric field.

Assertion: Electric force is the reason for existence of molecules.
Reason: At atomic level electric force is the most effective force or strongest force.
