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An electric dipole is placed in an electric field. Column I is the description of electric field and the angle between the dipole moment `vec(p)` and the electric field intensity `vec(E)` and Column II gives the effect of the field on the dipole. Then,

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`(a) rarr (p), (q), (r ); (b) rarr (q), (r ), (s); (c ) rarr (p), (r ); (d) rarr (p), (r )`
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    B
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