Two bar magnets are placed on a piece of cork which floats on water. The magnets are so placed that their axis are mutually perpendicular. Then the cork

rotates

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moves a side

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oscillates

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neither rotates nor oscillates

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Solution

The correct option is D neither rotates nor oscillates
The cork will neither rotate nor oscillates as there will not be any interaction between the magnetic field lines of both the magnets on the cork

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