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A girl brings a positively charged rod near a thin neutral stream of water from a tap. She observes that the water stream bends towards her. Instead, if she were to bring a negatively charged rod near to the stream, it will :

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Bend in the same direction
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Bend in the opposite direction
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Not bend at all
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Bend in the opposite direction above and below the rod
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Solution

The correct option is A Bend in the same direction
Answer is A.

Due to induction it will bend in the same direction. As the stream of water from a tap is neutral, it gets attracted to a charged body.
Therefore, the stream will bend in the same direction.

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