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Attraction and Repulsion between Magnets

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At which of the following locations is a compass functional?

A

Only in oceans or seas

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Only on land, where the earth's magnetic field is strong

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Only on high mountains

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D

At all the places within the earth's magnetic field

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Solution

The correct option is D
At all the places within the earth's magnetic field

A compass is an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north. It works at all the places within the earth's magnetic field.

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