Question

When a bar magnet is broken into two pieces, then:

• A. Each piece will have a single pole.
• B. Each piece will have two unlike poles.
• C. Each piece will have two like poles.
• D. The pieces stop behaving as magnet.

Answer 1

The correct option is B Each piece will have two unlike poles.

Magnetic monopoles do not exist in nature. Even if a magnet is broken in half, each half has one north pole and one south pole. Hence, each piece will have two unlike poles