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Describe with the help of a diagram an instrument which can be used to detect a charged body.

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An electroscope is used to detect that a body is charged or not. It works on the principle that like charges repel each other. When the metal strips repel each other, proves that the body is charged because repulsion is the sure test to detect that a body is charged or not.
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