When a glass rod is rubbed with a piece of silk cloth the rod acquires

positive charge

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negative charge

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both positive and negative charge

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Solution

The correct option is A positive charge
When you are rubbing the glass rod with the silk cloth, electrons are stripped away from the atoms in the glass and transferred to the silk cloth. This leaves the glass rod with more positive than negative charge, so you get a net positive charge

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When a glass rod is rubbed with a piece of silk cloth, then :

(a) the glass rod and silk cloth both acquire the positive charge.

(b) the glass rod becomes positively charged while the silk cloth has a negative charge.

(d) the glass rod becomes negatively charged while the silk cloth has a positive charge.

A glass rod is rubbed with a silk cloth and an inflated rubber balloon is rubbed with a woollen cloth.

Now, out of glass rod, silk cloth, rubber balloon and woollen cloth:

(a) Which two objects acquire negative charge?

(b) Which two objects acquire positive charge?

When a glass rod is rubbed with a piece of silk cloth, the rod:

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