What does an electric dipole experience when placed in a non-uniform electric field?

  • A
    No force
  • B
    Only torque
  • C
    Only a net linear force
  • D
    Both a net linear force and a torque

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Charges are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle as shown in the figure. What is the resultant dipole moment?

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For the shown situation of two dipoles,the nature of forces between them is:

$A$ small electric dipole $\vec{p}_0$,having a moment of inertia $I$ about its center,is kept at a distance $r$ from the center of a spherical shell of radius $R$. The surface charge density $\sigma$ is uniformly distributed on the spherical shell. The dipole is initially oriented at a small angle $\theta$ as shown in the figure. While staying at a distance $r$,the dipole is free to rotate about its center. If released from rest,then which of the following statement$(s)$ is (are) correct? [$\varepsilon_0$ is the permittivity of free space.]
$(A)$ The dipole will undergo small oscillations at any finite value of $r$.
$(B)$ The dipole will undergo small oscillations at any finite value of $r > R$.
$(C)$ The dipole will undergo small oscillations with an angular frequency of $\sqrt{\frac{\sigma p_0}{4 \varepsilon_0 I}}$ at $r = 2R$.
$(D)$ The dipole will undergo small oscillations with an angular frequency of $\sqrt{\frac{\sigma p_0}{100 \varepsilon_0 I}}$ at $r = 10R$.

$A$ system has two charges $q_{A} = 2.5 \times 10^{-7} \; C$ and $q_{B} = -2.5 \times 10^{-7} \; C$ located at points $A: (0, 0, -15 \; cm)$ and $B: (0, 0, +15 \; cm)$,respectively. What are the total charge and electric dipole moment of the system?

Two charges $+q$ and $-q$ are kept at a certain distance apart. Then, at any point on the perpendicular bisector of the line joining the two charges:

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