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An electric dipole is kept in a uniform electric field. It experiences
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Options:
  • A a force and a torque
  • B a force, but no torque
  • C a torque but no net force
  • D neither a force nor a torque,
Solution:
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The correct answer is: a torque but no net force
In a uniform electric field, net force $=0$, but torque $\neq 0$.

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