The vehicles carrying inflammable fluids usually have metallic chains touching the ground:
- To protect tyres from catching dirt from ground
- It is a custom
- To alert other vehicles
- To conduct excess charge due to air friction to ground and prevent sparking
Answer
(4) To conduct excess charge due to air friction to ground and prevent sparking
Solution
A moving vehicle gets charged by friction with air (charging by rubbing).
a spark from this static charge can ignite the inflammable fluid, the metal chain conducts the charge to the earth (earthing).
(A), (B), (C): no physical role of the chain ⇒ incorrect
(D): earthing of static charge ⇒ correct
Answer: (4)