Question

Multiple Choice Questions: 1. When an ebonite rod is rubbed with a piece of flannel cloth, the rod. (a) and the cloth both acquire positive charge (b) becomes positively charged while the cloth has negative charge (c) and the cloth, both acquire negative charge (d) becomes negatively charged while the cloth has a positive charge​

Answer 1

Answer

When you rub an ebonite rod against a cloth the rod gets negatively charged and the fur gets positively charged. This is because some of the atoms of the ebonite rod is deposited to the cloth. Thus, making it negative and increasing the no. if protons in the cloth.