Question

A positively charged body is brought in contact with the cap of gold leaf electroscope. Whose strips are netural , then
A. postively charge flows from the body to the strips and both the strips acquire positive charge.
B. due to like charged on strips , they arrract each other.
C. if a positively charged body is removed the gap between the strips decreases.
D. Both (a) and (c ).

Answer 1

Correct Answer - A
When a positively charged body is brought in con-tact with the cap of gold leaf electroscope, the charge flows from the body to the strips through the con-ducting rod (brass rod), and hence both the strips acquire same positive charge. Due to the presence of the like charges on strips, they will repel each other. When we remove the body from contact, the strips wil remain apart.