Question

Write two characteristics of electric charges.

Answer 1

1. Charge is the intrinsic property of the material due to which it experiences electrical effects like attraction or repulsion.
2. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) found that there are two kinds of electrical charges, positive and negative.
3. Unlike charges (or opposite charges) attract each other. Thus, a positively charged body attracts a negatively charged body and vice-versa.
4. Like charges (or similar charges) repel each other. Thus, a positively charged body repels another positively charged body, and a negatively charged body repels another negatively charged body.