a bar magnet has no marking to indicate poles. how will you find its poles without using a magnet

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We can find the poles of a bar magnet by suspending it freely by a string. A freely suspended bar magnet always comes to rest in the North−South direction. The north facing end of the magnet is its north pole, and the south facing end is its south pole.

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A bar magnet has no markings to indicate its poles. How can you find out the location of the north pole?

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North pole of a magnet can be identified by

(a) Another magnet having its poles marked as North pole and South pole.

(b) Another magnet no matter whether the poles are marked or not.

(d) Using iron filings.

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