The magnetic effect of electric current was first observed by:

W.H. Whitkar

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H.C. Oersted

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Isaac Newton

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Galileo Galilei

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The correct option is B
H.C. Oersted

Hans C. Oersted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields. This was the first connection observed between electricity and magnetism.

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