Question

A freely suspended magnet aligns in the north-south direction.

Answer 1

1. Magnet always faces north-south.
2. Earth has magnetic properties. It also acts as a huge bar magnet.
3. We know the like poles repel and unlike poles attract each other.
4. South pole of the earth attracts the north magnetic pole.
5. North pole of the earth attracts the south magnetic pole.

Hence, it aligns itself with the geographic north-south direction.