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(b) A man fixes outside his house one evening a two metre high insulating slab carrying on its top a large aluminium sheet of area 1m2. Will he get an electric shock if he touches the metal sheet next morning?

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Yes, the man will get an electric shock. The aluminium sheet is gradually charged up by the discharging current of the atmosphere. Eventually, the voltage will increase up to a certain point depending on the capacitance of the capacitor formed by the aluminium sheet, the insulating slab, and the ground. When the man touches that charged metal, he will get a shock. 

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