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An electric dipole is kept in non-unifor...

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

A

Both a torque and net force

B

Only a force but no torque

C

Only a torque but no net force

D

No torque and no net force

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If a electric dipole is placed in a non-uniform electric field, then the positive and the negative charges of the dipole will experience a net force. And as one and the dipole is experiencing of a force in one direction and the other end in the opposite direction, so the dipole will have a net torque also.
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