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Assertion: No two electric lines of force can intersect each other.

Reason: Tangent at any point of electric line of force gives the direction of electric field.

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An electric dipole of dipole moment p is oriented parallel to a uniform electric field E, as shown. It is rotated to one of the four orientations shown below. Rank the final orientations according to the change in the potential energy of the dipole-field system, most negative to most positive.

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A dipole of dipole moment p=2i^-3j^+4k^ is placed at the point A(2, -3, 1). The electric potential due to this dipole at the point B(4, -1, 0) is equal to (All the parameters specified here are in SI units.),

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A dipole of dipole moment 'P' and moment of inertia I is placed in a uniform electric field E. If it is displaced slightly from its stable equilibrium position, the period of oscillation of dipole is
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A dipole is kept near an infinite line of charge. If the net force on the dipole is zero, then its dipole moment is
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In the figure the net torque acting on the dipole is

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An electric dipole is formed with two point charges +3.2×10-19 C and -3.2×10-19 C and separated by a distance of 2.4×10-10 m. The work done in rotating the dipole through 180° from the position of equilibrium in a uniform electric field 4×105 Vm-1 is
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A point dipole with dipole moment, p=p0K^, is kept at the origin. An external electric field given by E=E02i^-3j^+4k^, is applied on it. Which one of the following statement is true ?
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A system has two charges qA=2.5×10-7C and qB=-2.5×10-7C located at points A:(0, 0,-15 cm) and B: (0, 0, +15 cm), respectively. What is the magnitude and direction of electric dipole moment of the system?