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A short chain is usually attached to the back of a petrol tanker and trailing behind it ...

A short chain is usually attached to the back of a petrol tanker and trailing behind it so that the
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  • A Petrol tanker is balanced on the road
  • B Heat generated by friction in the engine can be conducted to the earth
  • C Charges generated by friction in the tanker are conducted to the earth
  • D Tanker can move slowly as the chain touches the road surface
  • E Chain can produce sound in resonance with the noise from the tanker‘s engine
Correct Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Big vehicles gets charged because of friction between them and the air rushing past them.This is the reason tankers often have a metal chain dragging along the ground so that charge produced leaks to the ground through chain.

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