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The north end of the freely suspended bar magnet points towards the.

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geographical North

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geographical South

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geographical East

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D

geographical West

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Solution

The correct option is A geographical North
The north end of the freely suspended bar magnet always points towards the geographical North, because the geographic north pole of the earth is the magnetic south pole of the earth.

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