Q.

Assertion (A) : Non-polar materials do not have any permanent dipole moment.
Reason (R) : When a non-polar material is placed in an electric field the centre of the positive             charge distribution of it's individual atom or molecule coincides with the centre of the             negative charge distribution.
In the light of above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

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a

Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

b

(A) is correct but (R) is not correct.

c

(A) is not correct but (R) is correct.

d

(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

S1 : In nonpolar molecules, centre of +ve charge coincides with centre of -ve charge, hence net dipole moment is comes to zero.
S2 : When non polar material is placed in external field, centre of charges does not coincide, hence give non zero moment in field

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