Given below are two statements
Statement I: An electric dipole is placed at the centre of a hollow sphere. The flux of electric field through the sphere is zero, but the electric field is not zero anywhere in the sphere.
Statement II: If $R$ is the radius of a solid metallic sphere and $Q$ be the total charge on it. The electric field at any point on the spherical surface of radius $r\,(< R)$ is zero but the electric flux passing through this closed spherical surface of radius $r$ is not
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer: (C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
Statement I: the net charge enclosed by the sphere is zero, so the flux is zero, while the dipole field is non-zero at every point. True.
Statement II: inside a conductor the field is zero and all charge is on the outer surface, so no charge is enclosed by a surface of radius $r < R$; the flux through it is also zero. False.
Solution by Sreeraj P, M.Sc Physics