Consider a positively charged infinite cylinder with uniform volume charge density. An electric dipole consisting of $+Q$ and $-Q$ charges attached to opposite ends of a massless rod is oriented as shown in the figure. At the instant as shown in the figure, the dipole will experience,

  • A
    a force to the left and no torque
  • B
    a force to the right and a clockwise torque
  • C
    a force to the right and a counter clockwise torque
  • D
    no force but only a clockwise torque

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