Question

A charged body is held near the disc of positively charged GLE. It is found that leaves of GLE diverge more. The nature of charge on the charged body is:

• A. positive
• B. negative
• C. can be any of two
• D. none of these

Answer 1

The correct option is A positive

The GLE is charged positively or negatively by touching its disc with the positively charged glass rod or negatively charged ebonite rod.
In this case, a charged body is held near the disc of positively charged GLE and the leaves of gold leaf electroscope diverge further. This is because, the similar charges repel each other and the charged body is positively charged.