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Earth itself acts like a giant magnet.


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True
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False
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Solution

The correct option is A True
  1. A freely suspended magnet always comes to rest in the north-south direction because it is attracted by the magnetic field of the earth.
  2. Because the earth itself acts as a giant magnet.

Hence, the given statement is true.


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