Why is electric potential of earth is zero?

Electric Potential of earth is zero because earth is a good-
1)semiconductor 2)conductor
3)insulator 4)dielectric

pls explain also

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saurabh goel ·

I saw this question in comprehensive physics... The answer is a good conductor.

We always consider that the earth will conduct any charge. So it is good conductor. More over our reference is the potential of earth in most circuits! Almost all cases. That is another reason!

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