Four charges are placed at the four corners of a square of side a as shown in the figure. The electric dipole moment of this configuration is

A. $$\overrightarrow {\bf{p}} = qa{\bf{\hat i}} + qa{\bf{\hat j}}$$
B. $$\overrightarrow {\bf{p}} = - qa{\bf{\hat i}} + qa{\bf{\hat j}}$$
C. $$\overrightarrow {\bf{p}} = - qa{\bf{\hat i}} - qa{\bf{\hat j}}$$
D. $$\overrightarrow {\bf{p}} = qa{\bf{\hat i}} - qa{\bf{\hat j}}$$
Answer: Option C

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