Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Electric Charges and Fields

Question:

What happens when we bring a positively charged rod close to an uncharged conductor? 

Options:

It gets positively charged.

It gets negatively charged.

It is electrically neutral.

None of the above.

Correct Answer:

It is electrically neutral.

Explanation:

It does not acquire any charge unless a net charge of electrons is made to flow in or out of it by connecting it to ground. Until then, it is electrically neutral.