Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): The electric field at all points inside a uniformly charged hollow conducting sphere is zero. Reason (R): Any excess charge given to a hollow conducting sphere distributes uniformly throughout its inner volume. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the option

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Assertion (A) is true because the electric field inside a conductor in electrostatic equilibrium is always zero. For a uniformly charged hollow conducting sphere, the field at all internal points ( r Reason (R) is false because any excess charge given to a conducting sphere (whether hollow or solid) resides entirely on its outer surface due to mutual repulsion of charges, not throughout its volume. Since the charge resides only on the surface, a Gaussian surface drawn inside encloses no net charge, leading to zero