Question

State the effect on the divergence of the leaves of a gold leaf electroscope on bringing a negatively charged rod near it if the electroscope is negatively charged :

• A. Divergence decreases
• B. Divergence increases
• C. Divergence remains same
• D. Can't say

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Divergence increases

When the negatively charged rod is brought near to the disc of a negatively charged gold leaf electroscope, the divergence between the gold leaves increases as like charges repel each other.

Hence, the divergence increases as the negatively charged rod is brought near to the disc of the negatively charged gold leaf electroscope.