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A charged insulator and an uncharged metal object near each other
(a) Exert no electric force on each other.
(b) Repel each other electrically.
(c) Attract each other electrically.
(d) Attract or repel, depending on whether the charge is positive or negative.
A charged insulator and an uncharged metal object attract each other electrically. Since, when a charged insulator is taken nearer to an uncharged metal, an opposite charge is developed on the surface of the metal object. Hence, these two attract each other electrically.
Therefore, the correct answer is (c).
The correct answer is (c).