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Electric Charges and Fields — Physics STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 SciencePhysicsElectric Charges and Fields1 Mark
MCQ
Electric field is a _______?
  • A
    Scalar quantity
  • B
    Vector quantity
  • C
    Tensor quantity
  • D
    Quantity that has properties of both scalar and vector
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Answer

  1. Vector quantity

Explanation:

A scalar quantity is a quantity with magnitude only but no direction. But a vector quantity possesses both magnitude and direction. An electric field has a very specific direction (away from a positive charge or towards a negative charge). Hence electric field is a vector quantity. Moreover, we have to use a vector addition for adding two electric fields.

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