Question

On bringing negatively charged rod close to negatively charged electroscope, gold leaves will :

• A. remain uneffected
• B. diverge more
• C. collapse
• D. none of these

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

diverge more

Answer is B.
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 negatively charged ebonite rod is held close to the negatively charged gold leaf electroscope. The leaves of gold leaf electroscope will diverge further because, the similar charges will repel each other.