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An electric dipole is kept in non-unifrom electric field. It experiences

A

a force ad a torque

B

a force , but no torque

C

a torque but no force

D

neither a force nor a torque

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C
In a uniform electric field, net force = 0, but torque ` ne` 0 .
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