Electric Dipole

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When placed apart, two opposite and equal charges of magnitude  each when placed 2 × 102 cm apart form a dipole. If this dipole is placed in an external electric field of 4 × 108 N C-1, the value of maximum torque and the work required in rotating it through 180° 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): 

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

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

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

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

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Electric field on the axis of electric dipole, at a distance of r from its centre is E. If dipole is rotated: through 90°; then electric field intensity at the same point will be:

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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:

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Six point charges are kept at the vertices of a regular hexagon of side L and centre O, as shown in the figure. Given that K=14πε0qL2, Which of the following statement(s) is (are) incorrect?

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The electric potential in volt due to an electric dipole of dipole moment 2×10-8 C m at a distance of 3 m on a line making an angle of 60° with the axis of the dipole is -

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The electric potential in volt at a distance of 0.01 m on the equatorial line of an electric dipole of dipole moment p is -

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The distance between two singly ionised atoms is 1 Å. If the charge on both ions is equal and opposite then the dipole moment in C m is -

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An electric dipole is made up of two equal and opposite charges of 2×10-8 coulomb at a distance of 3 cm. This is kept in an electric field of 2×105 N C-1 then the maximum torque acting on the dipole-

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

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

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

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

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An electric dipole has a fixed dipole moment p which makes angle θ with respect to x-axis. When subjected to an electric field E1=Ei^, it experiences a torque T1=τk^. When subjected to another electric field E2=3Ej^, it experiences torque T2=-T1. The angle θ is, 

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An electric dipole is placed at an angle of 30° to a nonuniform electric field. The dipole will experience

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Two electric dipoles, A, B with respective dipole moments dA=-4qai^ and dB=-2qai^ are placed on the x -axis with separation R, as shown in the figure
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The distance from A at which both of them produce the same potential is:

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Charges -q and +q located at A and B, respectively, constitute an electric dipole. Distance AB=2a, O is the mid point of the dipole and OP is perpendicular to AB. A charge Q is placed at P where OP=y and y>>2a. The charge Q experiences an electrostatic force F. If Q is now moved along the equatorial line to P' such that OP'=y3, the force on Q will be close to: y3>2a

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