Question

A lightning conductor installed on a building will ___

• A. direct the charge into the ground.
• B. stop the lightning.
• C. direct the lightning to some other place.
• D. not let the current to pass through the building.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (D)

The correct options are
A direct the charge into the ground.
D not let the current to pass through the building.

Lightning conductor is a metal rod that is placed on a building and connected with the ground with a conducting wire. In case of lightning the charges find the least resistive path along the lightning conductor and goes to the ground, without posing any danger of current flow through the building.