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A stationary charge produces

Asked in GUJCET 2007 · Field of discrete charges

Answer: (4) an electric field only

Step-by-step solution

Idea: every charge produces an electric field; only moving charges produce a magnetic field.

A stationary charge sets up the Coulomb field E=1/(4πε₀)q/(r²) around it.

With no motion there is no current, and so no magnetic field.

So a stationary charge produces an electric field only. (A charge moving at constant velocity produces both; an accelerated charge also radiates.)

Why the other options are wrong

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