When a bar magnet is broken into two pieces, then:
A
Each piece will have a single pole.
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B
Each piece will have two unlike poles.
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C
Each piece will have two like poles.
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D
The pieces stop behaving as magnet.
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Solution
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