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Q. If a plastic rod rubbed with fur is made to touch two small pith balls suspended nearby, then which figure shows their final configuration?

Electric Charges and Fields

Solution:

Each pith ball acquires same charge due to the conduction (transfer) from plastic rod. So, they repel each other.