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What kind of electric charge is acquired on a glass rod when it is rubbed with silk cloth?

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  1. Positive charge

  2. Negative charge

  3. Partially positive charge

  4. Partially negative charge

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

By convention, glass acquire higher order than silk as losses electron. So, on rubbing, glass acquires positive charge and silk acquires negative charge.

When a plastic rod is rubbed with the fur, what charge does the plastic rod get?

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  1. Positive

  2. Negative

  3. Neutral

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Plastic comes below fur in the frictional series of electric charges. So, fur will get positive charge and plastic rod will get the negative charge.

When an object is rubbed by another, the objects get charged - one as positive and another as negative. In electrostatic series:

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  1. the one being positively charged comes first.

  2. the one being negatively charged comes first.

  3. both the objects come together.

  4. objects appear as per their atomic numbers.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When two bodies are rubbed for charging, the one acquiring positive charge comes first, on a higher position, in electrostatic series. From the series, it may be interpreted that if two objects are rubbed with each other, the one coming higher in the series will acquire positive charge and the other coming lower in the series will acquire negative charge.

State whether the given statement is True or False :

Depending on which material it is rubbed with, most of the objects can acquire both positive and negative charges in different occasions.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

For most of the materials, if those are rubbed with materials occurring higher in electrostatic series, will acquire negative charge. And if those materials are rubbed with materials occurring lower in electrostatic series, will acquire positive charge. Dry human skin, occurring at top of the electrostatic series will always acquire positive charge. Teflon, occurring at the bottom of the electrostatic series will always acquire negative charge.

If we rub our dry forearm with a silk cloth, the hairs on the forearm will stand straight. This is because:

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  1. of the attraction force between the hairs and the cloth.

  2. of the charge acquired to the forearm due to rubbing.

  3. of the magnetic field created due to rubbing.

  4. none of the above.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When the forearm is rubbed with a cloth of silk, the dry forearm acquires positive charge. So, all the hairs there acquire same positive charge and repel each other. Thus the hairs stand straight after rubbing.

The electrical charges generated by rubbing are:

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  1. dynamic

  2. static

  3. neutral

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Static charges are generated by rubbing or friction.

What happens when charged glass rod is brought near a charged plastic straw when rubbed with silk?

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  1. Repulsion is observed.

  2. Attraction is observed.

  3. No reaction is observed.

  4. None of the above is observed.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When rubbed with silk, glass and plastic acquire opposite charges. So, the glass rod and the plastic straw, after being rubbed by silk, will attract each other.

Inflate two balloons. Hang them in such a way that they do not touch each other. Rub both balloons with woollen cloth and release them. Then:

physics some natural phenomena types of charges and their interaction transfer of charges charging and discharging transfer of charge

  1. both balloons attract each other.

  2. both balloons repel each other.

  3. both balloons remain at same position.

  4. none of the above happens.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The balloons will be seen to repel each other as both are charged with same polarity.

What happens when a used plastic refill is rubbed with polythene?

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  1. Only refill gets charged.

  2. Refill and polythene gets charged.

  3. Only polythene gets charged.

  4. Both gets discharged.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Both of them, refill as well as polythene, gets charged by friction.

When a person combs his hair static electricity is sometimes generated by:

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  1. friction between comb and hair resulting in flow of electrons.

  2. induction between comb and hair.

  3. conducting property of hair.

  4. contact between comb and hair resulting in a charge.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Static electricity, while combing dry hair, is generated by friction between comb and dry hair.