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The South pole of a bar magnet is brought near the North pole of a freely suspended magnetic needle. Then, the two will

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repel each other
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attract each other
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remain stationary
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start rotating
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Solution

The correct option is B attract each other
Like poles repel each other while unlike poles attract. Hence, when the South pole of a bar magnet is brought near the North pole of a freely suspended magnetic needle, the two would attract each other.

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