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Attraction and Repulsion between Magnets

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Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences :

(a) Two ends of a magnet are called ..........

(b) Unlike poles of a magnet ............. each other.

(c) Like poles of a magnet ............ each other.

(d) A freely suspended magnet rests in the geographic ............ direction.

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Solution

(a) Magnetic pole
(b) Attract
(c) Repel
(d) North-South

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