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 positively charged :

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

Answer 1

The correct option is A Divergence decreases

When the negatively charged rod is brought near to the disc of a positively charged gold leaf electroscope, the divergence between the gold leaves decreases as unlike charges attract each other. Hence, the divergence decreases as the negatively charged rod is brought near to the disc of the positively charged gold leaf electroscope.