alleryBy convention, the dipole direction runs from minus q towards:
AThe infinity
BThe origin
CThe plus q
DThe centre
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. The plus q
1. The two ends of the dipole must be told apart.
2. A convention fixes which way the direction points.
3. It runs from minus q to plus q.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Chapter 1, Electric Charges and Fields._
Keep practising Electric Charges and Fields
Browse all Electric Charges and Fields questions for CBSE Class 12 (Science), or explore more Physics topics.
Related questions
One coulomb is the charge flowing through a wire in 1 s when the current is what?Roughly how many electrons together carry one coulomb of charge?What is the charge on 5 × 1010 electrons?Why can quantisation of charge be ignored for everyday objects?Quantisation of charge means any charge is what?What does conservation of charge say about an isolated system?Additivity of charge means the total charge of a system is what?Which carriers are mobile in metals?