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CHHAYA PUBLICATION-ELEMENTARY PHENOMENA OF ELECTROSTATICS -EXERCISE
  1. What should be the shape of a conductor to retain its charge?

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  2. If a cubical conductor be charged, where will the surface density of c...

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  3. Is it safe or unsafe to remain inside a car at the time of lightning?

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  4. Greater is the of a region of a conductor, is the accumulation of ch...

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  5. In case of a conductor the surface density of charge is equal everywh...

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  6. Charge resides only on the of a conductor.

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  7. Why are two metal plates placed on the two inner sides of a gold-leaf ...

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  8. Charging of a gold-leaf electroscope by the process of is not a good ...

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  9. If the charge of an experimental body and that of a gold- leaf electro...

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  10. To determine the nature of charge of a body it is brought to a charge...

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  11. Why should not a strongly charged body be brought very close to a gold...

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  12. Why are gold leaves used in a gold-leaf electroscope?

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  13. What makes a conductor different from an insulator?

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  14. Why cannot the experiments on statical electricity be performed accura...

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  15. Why are electrical wires covered with non-conducting materials?

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  16. Why does a spherical conductor retain its charge for a long time in co...

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  17. Why is it not possible to charge a metal rod holding it in hand? What ...

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  18. What is the utility of the drying agent inside a gold-leaf electroscop...

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  19. Charging a gold-leaf electroscope by conduction is inferior to the met...

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  20. Can two similarly charged balls be attracted by each other? If yes, ex...

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