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Lightning Conductors

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State whether given statement is True or False.
Charges are incapable of passing from clouds to lightning rod.

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True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
The statement is false. The whole purpose of lightning rods is to carry charge from cloud to earth, otherwise lightning rods will be of no use.

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