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Question
When a charged rod is touched with the disc of a positively charged gold-leaf electroscope, it is observed that the divergence of leaves decreases. What is the kind of charge on the rod?
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Solution
As on touching the disc with the charged rod, divergence in the leaves decreases, this means the rod has opposite kind of charge than leaves i.e. rod has a negative charge.
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