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Magnetic Meridian

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Magnetic meridian is

(a) a point
(b) a line along north-south
(c) a horizontal plane
(d) a vertical plane

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(d) a vertical plane

Magnetic meridian at a place is not a line but a vertical plane passing through the axis of a freely suspended magnet.

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