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JEE PHYSICS MCQ: ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE

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The potential energies associated with four orientations of an electric dipole in an electric field are:

\text{(i)}-5 \mathrm{U}_0 \quad \text{(ii)}-7 \mathrm{U}_0 \quad

\text{(iii) }3 \mathrm{U}_0 \quad \text{(iv) }5 \mathrm{U}_0

Where

\text{U}_0

is positive. Rank the orientations according to the angle between the electric dipole moment

\overrightarrow{\mathrm{P}}

and the electric field

\overrightarrow{\mathrm{E}}

, greatest first

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Correct option: C

(iv), (iii), (i), (ii)

Option D ((iv), (i), (iii), (ii)) is correct because the potential energy is inversely proportional to the cosine of the angle between the dipole moment and the electric field, so the most positive potential energy corresponds to the largest angle.

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