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Why are two metal plates placed on the two inner sides of a gold-leaf electroscope?

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to increase the divergence of the gold leaves
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CHHAYA PUBLICATION-ELEMENTARY PHENOMENA OF ELECTROSTATICS -EXERCISE
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  2. Charge resides only on the of a conductor.

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

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

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

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

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

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  9. What makes a conductor different from an insulator?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  17. To charge a gold-leaf electroscope by induction, the inducting charge ...

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  18. Bound charges can reside inside a hollow conductor. Explain.

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  19. A charged glass rod is brought near a pin fixed with the disc of a gol...

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