Question

A body is brought near to a negatively charged gold leaf electroscope. If the divergence of leaves increases. What is the nature of charge on the body?

• A. Positive
• B. Negative
• C. No charge
• D. cant say

Answer 1

The correct option is B Negative

When the negatively charged rod is brought near to the disc of a negatively charged gold leaf electroscope, the divergence between the gold leaves increases as like charges repel each other.
In this case, the divergence increases as the charged body are brought near to the disc of the negatively charged gold leaf electroscope.
Hence, the charge on the body is negative.