When an electric dipole is placed in a u...

When an electric dipole is placed in a uniform external electric field parallel to the field, it will experience ______

A

a torque but no force

B

a force but not torque

C

a torque as well as a force

D

neither of a force nor a torque

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The correct Answer is:

B

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