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Oersted's Experiment

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A conductor carrying current from south to north deflects the magnetic needle placed parallel and above it towards ______.

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east

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west

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north

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south

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Solution

The correct option is A east
Applying the right hand rule i.e, pointing thumb in current direction and curl fingers represent the magnetic field lines.Thus tangent at the curl fingers represent direction and here field lines are anticlockwise thus needle deflects towards east.

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