Electric potential at infinity in the standard syllabus convention is taken as
- the work done against gravity
- +∞
- zero
- negative of the source potential
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Correct answer: C. zero
1. Potential is defined up to an additive constant; choosing V(∞) = 0 fixes the constant.
2. With this choice, V due to a +Q point charge is positive everywhere finite.
3. The other options have no physical basis.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Ch 2 §2.3_