What will happen when we rub a glass rod with silk cloth?

Question

What will happen when we rub a glass rod with silk cloth? (A) Some of the electrons from the glass rod are transferred to the silk cloth (B) The glass rod gets positive charge and silk cloth gets negative charge (C) New charge is created in the process of rubbing (D) both (a) and (b) are correct

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When a glass rod is rubbed with silk cloth then some of the electrons from the glass rod get transferred to silk cloth and thus the glass rod gets positive charge and the silk gets negative charge. No new charge is created in the process of rubbing.

Q. What will happen when we rub a glass rod with silk cloth?

Some of the electrons from the glass rod are transferred to the silk cloth

The glass rod gets positive charge and silk cloth gets negative charge

New charge is created in the process of rubbing

both (a) and (b) are correct

When a glass rod is rubbed with silk cloth then some of the electrons from the glass rod get transferred to silk cloth and thus the glass rod gets positive charge and the silk gets negative charge. No new charge is created in the process of rubbing.