Given below are two statements
Statement $I$ : An electric dipole is placed at the centre of a hollow sphere. The flux of electric field through the sphere is zero, but the electric field is not zero anywhere in the sphere.

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Statement $II$ : If $R$ is the radius of a solid metallic sphere and $Q$ be the total charge on it. The electric field at any point on the spherical surface of radius $r (< R)$ is zero but the electric flux passing through this closed spherical surface of radius $r$ is not

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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∮ E → · d s → = q in ε 0 = 0 = ϕ Flux of E → through sphere is zero. But ∮ E → · d s → = 0 ⇒ E → · d s → ≠ 0 for small section d s only Statement- 2 As change encloses within gaussian surface is equal to zero. ϕ = ∮ E → · d s → = 0

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