Objects charged with different types of charges will be drawn toward each other.

• A. Attract
• B. Repel
• C. Neutralize
• D. Induce

Answer: (A)

Opposite charges pull toward each other because the electric force between a positive and a negative charge is attractive. According to Coulomb’s law, the force grows with larger charges and shrinks with distance, and its direction is toward the other charge when the signs are opposite. So when one object is positively charged and the other negatively charged, they attract and move closer. If the charges were the same, they would repel instead. Neutralization isn’t the right description here, since the interaction is about attraction between opposite charges, not canceling them. Induction is a related effect involving polarization of a neutral object, not the direct attraction between two charged objects.