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A glass rod rubbed with silk is used to change a gold leaf electroscope and the leaves are observed to diverge. The electroscope thus charged is exposed to X-rays for a short period. Then
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the leaves will diverge further
As charge on glass $\operatorname{rod}$ is $+$ (ve) so charge on gold leaves will also be $+($ ve $)$. Due to X-rays more electrons from leaves will be emitted, so leaves becomes more positive and diverge further.
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