Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

Question:

An electric dipole is placed in a uniform electric field. It will experience : 

Options:

torque

force

torque and force

oscillation

Correct Answer:

torque

Explanation:

$ F = p \nabla E = 0 , \text{As E is uniform}$

In an uniform electric field, the electric field experiences only torque.