An electroscope is used to detect and measure charges. What happens in an electroscope when its disc is touched with a charged object?

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Solution

When the disc is touched with a charged object, the charge distributes on both the strips of the electroscope. As both strips get similar charges, so they repel and it creates a divergence between the two strips.

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