NDA2025General AbilityGeneral ScienceActual
Which one of the following is NOT a basic property of electric charge?
Options
- ACharges can be added
- BCharge is conserved
- CCharge on a body is always an integral multiple of an electron or a proton charge
- DCharges can be created and destroyed in an isolated system
Correct answer
D. Charges can be created and destroyed in an isolated system
Step-by-step solution
The basic properties of electric charge are additivity, conservation, and quantization. Additivity means total charge is the algebraic sum of individual charges. Conservation of charge states that the total charge of an isolated system remains constant. Charges can neither be created nor destroyed in an isolated system, though equal amounts of positive and negative charges can be created or destroyed together (like in pair production or annihilation). Quantization means charge is always an integral multiple of the