Previous Year NEET Question- Electrostatics L-8

Question: Polar molecules are the molecules : (NEET-2021)#

A) Having a permanent electric dipole moment

B) Having zero dipole moment

C) Acquire a dipole moment only in the presence of electric field due to displacement of charges

D) Acquire a dipole moment only when magnetic field is absent

Answer: Having a permanent electric dipole moment#

Explanation#

Polar molecules have centres of positive and negative charges separated by some distance, so they have permanent dipole moment.