A bar magnet is cut into two halves A and B as shown in the figure. Which of the following inferences will be true?

The two pieces will not behave as magnets anymore.

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Each of the two pieces will have one pole.

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Both the pieces will act as magnets, individually.

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The two pieces can attract as well repel each-other.

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Solution

The correct options are
C Both the pieces will act as magnets, individually.
D The two pieces can attract as well repel each-other.
The two pieces will act as individual magnets. We can identify the ends of the magnet by the test of repulsion. If the newly formed ends of the magnets are brought together, they will attract each other because when a magnet is broken, it produces two poles opposite to each other at the broken ends.

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