The direction of the magnetic field due to a current-carrying conductor can easily be found by using left hand thumb rule.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
The direction of the magnetic field due to a current-carrying conductor is obtained by using the right-hand thumb rule and not by left-hand thumb rule.
Hence the given statement is false.

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