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When a glass rod is rubbed with a dry silk cloth, the glass rod is positively charged due to the transfer of

A

protons from silk cloth to glass rod

B

electrons from silk cloth to glass rod

C

protons from glass rod to silk cloth

D

electrons from glass rod to silk cloth

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The correct Answer is:
D

As glass rod is rubbed with the dry silk cloth, the rod becomes positively charged and silk cloth becomes negatively charged, it shows that electrons will transfer from glass rod to silk cloth.
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