An electric dipole of dipole moment P is placed in the uniform electric field E . Then which of the following statements are correct? Statement-I: The torque on the dipole is P E Statement-II: The potential energy of the dipole is - P E Statement-III: The net force on the dipole is non-zero.

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Statement-I: The torque acting on an electric dipole placed in a uniform electric field is given by = P E . This statement is correct. Statement-II: The potential energy of an electric dipole in a uniform electric field is given by U = - P E . This statement is correct. Statement-III: In a uniform electric field, the force on the positive charge is q E and on the negative charge is -q E . The net force on the dipole is F _ net = q E - q E = 0 . Thus, the net force is zero. This statement is incorrect. Therefore, on