An electric dipole is placed at an angle of 30° with an electric field of intensity 2×10^5 N C^-1. It experiences a torque equal to 4 N m. Calculate the magnitude of charge on the dipole, if the dipole length is 2 cm.

NEET UG 2023 · Physics · Question 9

NEET 2023 Physics, question 9

Question 9 of the NEET 2023 paper (code G6) is a Physics question from Electric Charges and Fields. Its idea, Dipole in a Uniform Field, was asked twice, in 2023 and 2025, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q9 · Physics

2\times10^{5}

1 2 mC Official answer 2 8 mC 3 6 mC 4 4 mC

Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key

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NEET asked this idea twice, in 2023 and 2025. The other question below.

5\times10^{-6}

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