How can you say that the needle of a compass is made up of a magnet? It's because the compass:

1 and 2

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1, 2 and 4

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2 and 4

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2 only

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Solution

The correct options are
A
1 and 2

B
1, 2 and 4

D
2 only

The needle of a compass attracts other magnets and also some metals and comes to rest in the North-South direction. A compass points north because all magnets have two poles: a north pole and a south pole, and the north pole of one magnet is attracted to the south pole of another magnet.

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