Capacitance of an isolated conducting sphere of radius $R_{1}$ becomes $n$ times when it is enclosed by a concentric conducting sphere of radius $R_{2}$ connected to earth. The ratio of their radii $\left(\frac{ R _{2}}{ R _{1}}\right)$ is:
JEE MAIN 2022, Diffcult
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