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1.	Electric potential of earth is taken to be zero because earth is a good [AIIMS 1998; BHU 2002]
A.	Insulator
B.	Conductor
C.	\[R_{1}^{2}\ :\ R_{2}^{2}\]
D.	Dielectric
Answer» C. \[R_{1}^{2}\ :\ R_{2}^{2}\]

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Electric potential of earth is taken to be zero because earth is a good [AIIMS 1998; BHU 2002]

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