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Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
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A small test charge is released at rest at a point in an electrostatic field configuration. Will it travel along the field line passing through that point?

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The small test charge will traverse along the line of force only if the field line is a straight line. Here, since the initial velocity of the test charge is 0, it shall travel along the field line passing through that point. 

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