4) Intensity of electric field at a point close and outside a charged conducting cylinder is proportional to : (r is the distance of a point from the axis of cylinder). ( a ) 1 r ( b ) 1 r 2 ( c ) 1 r 3 ( d ) r 3 Share with your friends Share 0 Shobhit Mittal answered this Dear Student, electric field around the charged cylinder E=λ2πε0rwhere lamda is the linear charge density which is a constant .hence option A is correct from the above eqn Regards 0 View Full Answer