When iron filings are spread on a piece of paper with a bar magnet kept below , the filings:

arrange themselves in a random fashion.

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accumulate near the centre of the magnet.

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arrange themselves around the magnet in a pattern.

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gets pushed away from the paper.

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Solution

The correct option is C
arrange themselves around the magnet in a pattern.

When iron filings are spread on a piece of paper, they arrange themselves in a pattern. The pattern is in accordance with the magnetic field lines around the bar magnet, as shown below:

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When iron filings are spread on a piece of paper and a bar magnet is kept below the paper, the filings ___.

Statement 1: When iron fillings are spread around a magnet, they align themselves as shown.

Statement 2: Magnetic field of the magnet, apply force on each filing which makes them get oriented in the mentioned way.

Why does iron filings make a random pattern when kept around the bar magnet

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