Which of the following are true for magnetic and geographic poles of Earth?

Magnetic North and geographic North are on same hemisphere and overlap each other.

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Magnetic South and geographic South are on different hemisphere and overlap each other.

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Magnetic North and geographic North are on same hemisphere and are shifted away from each other.

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Magnetic South and geographic South are on same hemisphere and are shifted away from each other.

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Solution

The correct options are
C Magnetic North and geographic North are on same hemisphere and are shifted away from each other.
D Magnetic South and geographic South are on same hemisphere and are shifted away from each other.
The magnetic axis is tilted from the geographic axis of earth and hence the magnetic North/South does not overlap with geographic North/South.

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The magnetic north and south poles of the earth are different from its geographical north and south poles.

The north pole of earth's magnet is in the :

(a) geographical south

(b) geographical east

(d) geographical north

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