When a glass rod is rubbed with silk cloth, both glass rod, and silk cloth.

acquire equal and similar charges

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acquire unequal and opposite charges

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Solution

The correct option is B
acquire equal and opposite charges

When a glass rod is rubbed with silk cloth, the rod becomes positively charged and silk cloth becomes negatively charged.
Positively charged means electron deficient.
Negatively charged means electron excessive.
Hence, Option B (acquire equal and opposite charges) is correct.

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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 silk cloth. What type of charge is acquired by (a) silk cloth, (b) glass rod?

When a glass rod is rubbed with silk cloth, then

When a glass rod is rubbed with a silk cloth, electrons flow from the glass rod to the silk cloth.

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