Question

An electric dipole is kept in a uniform electric field. It experiences

• A. a force and a torque
• B. a force, but no torque
• C. a torque but no net force
• D. neither a force nor a torque

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

a torque but no net force

Answer 2

In a uniform electric field, net force $= 0$, but torque $\ne0.$