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A compass has a small balanced pointer that always points North-South when suspended freely. This is because :


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The Earth doesn't have any magnetic field.

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The compass needle points to cold places.

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The Earth has a magnetic field and the pointer is magnetic.

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Of gravitational force of the Earth.

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Solution

The correct option is C

The Earth has a magnetic field and the pointer is magnetic.


The Earth has a substantial magnetic field. No matter where you stand on the Earth, you can hold a compass in your hand and it will always align itself along the Earth's magnetic field.

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