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Assertion : An applied electric field will polarize the polar dielectric material.

Reason : In polar dielectrics, each molecule has a permanent dipole moment but these are randomly oriented in the absence of an externally applied electric field.

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Assertion: Gravitational force between nucleus and electron in an atom is negligible to the electrical force.

Reason: The electrical force is experienced by charged particles only.

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Three changes, each +q, are placed at the corners of an isosceles triangle ABC of sides BC and AC2aD and E are the mid-points of BC and CA. The work done in taking a charge Q from D to E is

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An electric dipole of moment p is placed in an electric field of intensity E The dipole acquires a position such that the axis of the dipole makes an angle θ with the direction of the field. Assuming that the potential energy of the dipole to be zero when =90°, the torque and the potential energy of the dipole will respectively be: