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Electric current is passed through a straight conductor passing through the center of a piece of cardboard .Some iron fillings are sprinkled on the cardboard and tapped.The iron fillings around the conductor

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Settle as parallel lines
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Settle as circles
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Settle at one point
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Do not acquire any regular pattern
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Solution

The correct option is A Settle as circles
The electric current flowing through the straight conductor will produce magnetic field in concentric circles and hence the iron fillings around the conductor get attracted by that magnetic field and settle as those circles.

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