Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Electric Charges and Fields

Question:

A positively charged body is kept near an uncharged body. Which of the following is true?

Options:

The two bodies will repel each other.

The two bodies will attract each other.

The bodies will not exert any electrostatic force on each other.

The behaviour of the bodies cannot be determined.

Correct Answer:

The two bodies will attract each other.

Explanation:

The bodies will attract each other because the positively charged body will induce charges in the uncharged body which will act as a source of attraction.