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Why should not a strongly charged body be brought very close to a gold-leaf electroscope?

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CHHAYA PUBLICATION-ELEMENTARY PHENOMENA OF ELECTROSTATICS -EXERCISE
  1. If the charge of an experimental body and that of a gold- leaf electro...

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

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

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

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  5. What makes a conductor different from an insulator?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  16. "There exists no sharp line separating conductors from insulators."-Ex...

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  17. How it is possible to transfer whole of the charge on an insulated con...

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  18. You are given a negatively charged pith ball, hanging from a string, a...

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  19. A body has -80muC charge. What is the number of excess electrons in th...

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  20. A conductor is charged with 14.4 xx 10^(-19) C. Determine the number ...

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