Types of Charges and Their Interaction

  1. Q1: What are the two types of electric charges?
    Answer: Positive
    Explanation: One type of electric charge is positive; the other is negative.
  2. Q2: What is the other type of charge besides positive charge?
    Answer: Negative
    Explanation: Electric charges are of two types—positive and negative.
  3. Q3: What kind of force exists between like charges?
    Answer: Repulsion
    Explanation: Like charges repel each other when brought close.
  4. Q4: What kind of force exists between unlike charges?
    Answer: Attraction
    Explanation: Unlike charges attract each other.
  5. Q5: What charge is possessed by an object that loses electrons?
    Answer: Positive
    Explanation: Losing electrons makes an object positively charged.
  6. Q6: What charge is possessed by an object that gains electrons?
    Answer: Negative
    Explanation: Gaining electrons gives an object a negative charge.
  7. Q7: What type of charge interaction causes small paper pieces to stick to a charged comb?
    Answer: Attraction
    Explanation: The charged comb attracts neutral paper pieces due to electrostatic force.
  8. Q8: What do we call a body with equal positive and negative charges?
    Answer: Neutral
    Explanation: A body is neutral if it has an equal number of positive and negative charges.
  9. Q9: What happens when a negatively charged body is brought near another negatively charged body?
    Answer: Repulsion
    Explanation: Like charges repel, so two negatively charged bodies will push away from each other.
  10. Q10: What is the interaction between a charged object and an uncharged object?
    Answer: Attraction
    Explanation: A charged object attracts an uncharged (neutral) object due to induced charge.

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