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Magnetic Field Due to Current through a Circular Loop

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The front face of a circular wire carrying current behaves like a north pole. The direction of current in this face of circular wire is:

(a) clockwise
(b) downwards
(c) anticlockwise
(d) upwards

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(c) anticlockwise

Because anticlockwise flow of current induces north polarity.

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