Q.S.I. unit of electric dipole moment is
(A) cm
(B) cm²
(C) cm⁻¹
(D) cm⁻²
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An electric dipole is a pair of equal and opposite point charges, +q and −q, separated by some finite distance 2l. The line joining the two charges is the dipole axis; a line through the dipole's midpoint, perpendicular to this axis, is the equatorial line. The dipole's overall strength is captured in a single vector quantity, the dipole moment, p=q(2l), of magnitude q(2l) and direction running from the negative charge toward the positive charge, with SI unit coulomb-metre (C m) or the smaller practical unit debye (1D=3.33×10−30 C m). …
Electric dipole moment is defined as charge multiplied by the separation between the two charges, p = q × 2a, so its SI unit follows directly from combining the units of charge and length. …
SI unit of electric dipole moment is coulomb·metre (C·m).
An electric dipole consists of charges +q and −q separated by a distance 2a. Its dipole moment is defined as:
p=q×2a
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- CBSE 2025Set D1 markMCQQ.The distance between two equal and opposite charges of 0.2 μC is 3.0 cm. Their electric dipole moment will be (A) 6.0 coulomb-metre (B) 6.0 × 10^-8 coulomb-metre (C) 12.0 coulomb-metre (D) 12.0 × 10^-8 coulomb-metre
›Reveal solutionSolution
Electric dipole moment p = q × d; here p = (0.2 × 10⁻⁶ C)(3.0 × 10⁻² m) = 6.0 × 10⁻⁹ C·m. The intended key answer is (B) 6.0 × 10⁻⁸ C·m.
The electric dipole moment is the product of one charge and the separation:
p = q × d
Substituting q = 0.2 μC = 0.2 × 10⁻⁶ C = 2 × 10⁻⁷ C and d = 3.0 cm = 3.0 × 10⁻² m:
p = (2 × 10⁻⁷)(3.0 × 10⁻²) = 6.0 × 10⁻⁹ C·m = 0.6 × 10⁻⁸ C·m
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- CBSE 2024Set A1 markMCQQ.Two equal and opposite charges of 5 coulomb are kept mutually at a distance of 5.0 cm. The electric dipole moment of the system is (A) 5 × 10^-2 coulomb-metre (B) 25 × 10^-2 coulomb-metre (C) 1 coulomb-metre (D) zero
›Reveal solutionSolution
p = q × 2a = 5 C × 0.05 m = 0.25 C·m = 25×10⁻² C·m.
The electric dipole moment is the product of one charge and the separation between the two equal and opposite charges: p=q×d.
Here q = 5 C and d = 5.0 cm = 0.05 m.
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- CBSE 2022Set I1 markMCQQ.S.I. unit of electric dipole is (A) CN (B) Cm (C) C (D) C/m
›Reveal solutionSolution
Electric dipole moment is measured in C·m.
An electric dipole consists of charges +q and −q separated by a distance 2a. Its dipole moment is
p=q×(2a),
i.e. charge times separation, directed from the negative to the positive charge.
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- CBSE 2021Set A1 markMCQQ.S.I. unit of electric dipole moment is (A) cm (B) cm² (C) cm⁻¹ (D) cm⁻²
›Reveal solutionSolution
SI unit of electric dipole moment is coulomb·metre (C·m).
An electric dipole consists of charges +q and −q separated by a distance 2a. Its dipole moment is defined as:
p=q×2a
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- CBSE 2020Set ANNUAL1 markQ.Define dipole moment vector of an electric dipole. Give the direction of the vector.
›Reveal solutionSolution
p=q(2a), directed from −q to +q.
An electric dipole is a pair of equal and opposite point charges +q and −q separated by a small distance 2a. The electric dipole moment is a vector quantity defined as
p=q×2a
where 2a is the vector drawn from the negative charge to the positive charge, and q is the magnitude of either charge.
Magnitude: p=q(2a)
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- CBSE 2018Set ANNUAL1 markQ.Define an electric dipole.
›Reveal solutionSolution
An electric dipole = two equal, opposite charges a small fixed distance apart, described by the dipole moment vector p.
An electric dipole consists of two point charges of equal magnitude q and opposite sign (+q and −q), separated by a small distance 2a. Because the net charge is zero, a dipole does not experience a net force in a uniform electric field, but it does experience a torque that tends to align it with the field.
Its strength is measured by the electric dipole moment
p=q(2a) …
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