The strips of an electroscope diverge when a charged body is brought in contact with the metal clip. Now the clip is touched gently by our hand. What will happen to the strips? Explain.

The strips will come back to the original state because:

i. When we touch the strip with our hand, the charge on the electroscope strips will transfer from our hand to the ground.

ii. Or we can say that strips will get discharged through our hand to the ground.

iii. As a result, the strips will contract and come back to its original state.