The torque acting on a dipole of moment \[\overrightarrow{P}\] in an electric field \[\overrightarrow{E}\] is [MP PMT 1994; CPMT 2001]

• A.                    \[\overrightarrow{P}\cdot \overrightarrow{E}\]
• B.                                      \[\overrightarrow{P}\times \overrightarrow{E}\]
• C.                    Zero
• D.                                      \[\overrightarrow{E}\times \overrightarrow{P}\]