Question

An uncharged insulated conductor ‘A’ is brought near a charged insulated conductor ‘B’. What happens to the charge & potential of ‘B’?

Answer 1

When an uncharged insulated conductor A is brought near a charged insulated conductor B. Then due to induction, near end of conductor A will gain opposite charge to that of the conductor B while the far end of A will be charged by the same kind of charge as that of conductor B. But remember no effect will be seen in the charge and potential of B since Electrostatic induction is a process of redistribution of electrical charge in an object, caused by the influence of nearby charges there is no physical contact and actual transfer of charge takes place.