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

And the cloth both acquire positive charge.

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Becomes positively charged while the cloth has a negative charge.

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And the cloth both acquire negative charge.

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Becomes negatively charged while the cloth has a positive charge.

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Solution

The correct option is B Becomes positively charged while the cloth has a negative charge.
It is a convention to call the charge acquired by a glass rod when it is rubbed with silk as positive. The other kind of charge is said to be negative

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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?

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