There is a bar in my hand. When I suspend it using a thread, it aligns itself such that one end faces the geographic North direction. It also attracts iron items. What can this bar be considered similar to?

A bar magnet

Right on! Give the BNAT exam to get a 100% scholarship for BYJUS courses

A battery

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

An electric bulb

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

A water tank

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

Open in App

Solution

The correct option is A
A bar magnet

A bar magnet aligns itself such that the north pole of the magnet always faces the geographic north and its south pole faces the geographic south.This property of the magnet is utilized in the magnetic needle, which shows the direction to travellers by pointing in N-S direction. Also, a magnet attracts iron and other magnetic substances. Hence the bar can be consideredsimilar to a bar magnet.

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

There is a bar in my hand. When I suspend it using a thread, it aligns itself such that one end faces the geographic north direction. It also attracts items made of similar materials. What can this bar be considered analogically similar to?

There is a bar in my hand. When I suspend it using a thread, it aligns itself such that one end faces the geographic east direction. It also attracts plastic items. What can this bar be considered analogically similar to?

Q. A freely suspended bar magnet always aligns itself in the North-South direction.

If a bar magnet is made to hang from the ceiling using a thread. Then along which direction will the north pole of bar magnet align itself?

Q. A freely suspended magnet's North pole aligns itself with the geographic South pole of the Earth and its South pole aligns with the geographic North pole of the Earth.

Join BYJU'S Learning Program