Question

Electric field terminates at ________

(a) Positive charge

(b) Negative charge

(c) Neither positive nor negative

(d) Both positive and negative

The question was posed to me in examination.

The doubt is from Electric Fields topic in section Capacitance and Capacitors of Basic Electrical Engineering

Answer 1

Correct choice is (b) Negative charge

To explain: Electric field originates at the positive charge and terminates at the negative charge. The conventional direction of the field is from positive to negative.