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A dipole of dipole moment p=(2i^-3j^+4k^) cm is kept at a point A whose coordinates are (1,-1,3). If an external electric field E=(5i^+2j^-3k^) V m-1 is applied then the potential energy of the dipole be,

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An electric dipole is placed in a uniform electric field E of magnitude 40 N C-1. The graph below shows the magnitude of the torque on the dipole versus the angle θ between the field E and the dipole moment p. The magnitude of dipole moment p is equal to

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An electric dipole has a fixed dipole moment p which makes angle θ with respect to x-axis. When subjected to an electric field E1=Ei^, it experiences a torque T1=τk^. When subjected to another electric field E2=3Ej^, it experiences torque T2=-T1. The angle θ is, 
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Find the potential energy of an electric dipole of length 20 cm having ±3×10-3 C charge placed at 60° with respect to a uniform electric field and experiencing a torque of magnitude 6 N m.
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Two small electric dipoles, each of the dipole moment pi^ are situated at (0, 0, 0) and (r, 0, 0). The electric potential at a point r2, 3r2, 0 is

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An electron is projected, as shown in the figure, with kinetic energy K and at an angle θ=45° between the two charged plates. What should be the magnitude of the electric field between the plates so that the electron just fails to strike the upper charged plate?

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$4 \times 10^{10}$ electrons are removed from a neutral metal sphere of diameter 20 cm placed in air. The magnitude of the electric field (in N C-1 ) at a distance of 20 cm from its centre is

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The figure below shows field lines of an electric field. The spacing between the lines parallel to the page is same everywhere. If the magnitude of the field at A is 40 N C-1, then the magnitude of the field at B is approximately,

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A long cylindrical shell carries positive surface charge σ in the upper half and negative surface charge -σ in the lower half. The electric field lines around the cylinder will look like figure given in: (figures are schematic and not drawn to scale)