Q. Gauss’s law of electrostatics would be invalid if
A) There were magnetic monopoles
B) The speed of light was not a universal constant
C) The inverse square law was not exactly true
D) The electrical charge was not quantized
Explanation
(c) Gauss’s law is based on the inverse square dependence on distance contained in the Coulomb’s law. Any violation of Gauss’s law will indicate departure from the inverse square law
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