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Electric dipole

Question

An electric dipole is kept in non-uniform electric field. It experiences

Moderate

A

a force and a torque
B

a force but not a torque
C

a torque but not a force
D

neither a force nor a torque

Solution

As the dipole will feel two forces which are although opposite but not equal.
$∴$ A net force will be there and as these forces act at different points of a body, a torque is also there.

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