State True or False:
Materials like plastic, ebonite and glass can be charged by rubbing them with suitable materials.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
The given statement is true. Materials like plastic, ebonite and glass can be charged by rubbing them with suitable materials. This is a process of charging by friction. According to which, suitable materials when rubbed together gets electrified. One of the rubbed material loses electrons and becomes positively charged and the other material gains these electrons and become negatively charged.

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