Electric Dipole
Important Questions on Electric Dipole
When placed apart, two opposite and equal charges of magnitude each when placed apart form a dipole. If this dipole is placed in an external electric field of the value of maximum torque and the work required in rotating it through from its initial orientation which is along the electric field will be: (Assume rotation of dipole about an axis passing through the centre of the dipole):

Due to an electric dipole shown in figure, the electric field intensity is parallel to dipole axis:

The potential of dipole at its axial position is proportional to distance as:

At the equator of electric dipole, angle between electric dipole moment and electric field is:

An electric dipole is placed along the North-South direction in a sphere filled with water: Which statement is true?

Electric field on the axis of electric dipole, at a distance of from its centre is If dipole is rotated: through then electric field intensity at the same point will be:

Potential due to an electric dipole at some point is maximum or minimum when axis of dipole and line joining point and dipole are at angles respectively:

Six point charges are kept at the vertices of a regular hexagon of side L and centre as shown in the figure. Given that Which of the following statement(s) is (are) incorrect?

The electric potential in volt due to an electric dipole of dipole moment at a distance of on a line making an angle of with the axis of the dipole is -

The electric potential in volt at a distance of on the equatorial line of an electric dipole of dipole moment is -

The distance between two singly ionised atoms is If the charge on both ions is equal and opposite then the dipole moment in is -

An electric dipole is made up of two equal and opposite charges of coulomb at a distance of This is kept in an electric field of then the maximum torque acting on the dipole-

The electric potential at a point due to an electric dipole will be -

A dipole of dipole moment is placed in an electric field and is in stable equilibrium. The torque required to rotate the dipole from this position by angle will be -

The force on a charge situated on the axis of a dipole is If the charge is shifted to double the distance, the acting force will be -

If an electric dipole is kept in a non-uniform electric field, then it will experience:

An electric dipole has a fixed dipole moment which makes angle with respect to -axis. When subjected to an electric field , it experiences a torque . When subjected to another electric field , it experiences torque . The angle is,

An electric dipole is placed at an angle of to a nonuniform electric field. The dipole will experience

Two electric dipoles, with respective dipole moments and are placed on the -axis with separation as shown in the figure
The distance from at which both of them produce the same potential is:

Charges and located at and respectively, constitute an electric dipole. Distance is the mid point of the dipole and is perpendicular to A charge is placed at where and The charge experiences an electrostatic force If is now moved along the equatorial line to such that the force on will be close to:

