Electric potential at infinity in the standard NCERT convention is tak…

Question

Electric potential at infinity in the standard NCERT convention is taken as

Accepted Answer

C. {'text': 'zero', 'label': 'C'}

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: NCERT Class 12 Physics Part I, Ch 2 §2.3_

Answer

{'text': 'the work done against gravity', 'label': 'A'}

Answer

{'text': '+∞', 'label': 'B'}

Answer

{'text': 'negative of the source potential', 'label': 'D'}