several soft iron pins can be hung one below the other from the pole of a magnet , but they soon fall off when the magnet is removed. explain.

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The iron pins are attracted to the pole of magnet due to the magnetic field of magnet and they soon fall off when the magnet is removed as there is no magnetic field now.

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