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If a charged body is placed near a neutral conductor, will it attract the conductor or repel it ?

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No, a charged object can never repel a neutral object.
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  5. Does in charging the mass of a body change?

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  7. What is induction of charge?

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  8. What name do we assign to charges due to induction?

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  10. If you bring a charged rod near dry cork dust, the rod attracts cork d...

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  11. A positively charged object is kept near a metallic object. If we conn...

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  12. What is the similarity between electric and gravitational forces?

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  13. What is the dissimilarity in electric and gravitational forces?

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  14. How many electrons are there in one coulomb of negative charge?

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  15. Can we use Coulomb's law to find the force between two charged conduct...

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  17. Two lines of force in an electric field never intersect each other. Wh...

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  18. Two lines of force in an electric field never intersect each other. Wh...

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  19. Electric lines can apply lateral force on each other. Why?

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  20. In electrostatic condition electric lines of force become perpendicula...

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