Question

Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Magnets attract gold rings.
2. By heating, magnets lose their magnetic properties.
3. A freely suspended magnet rests in East-West direction.

• A. 1 and 2 only
• B. 2 and 3 only
• C. 2 only
• D. 3 only

Answer 1

The correct option is C 2 only

Magnets attract magnetic materials like iron, cobalt and nickel but do not attract non-magnetic materials like gold, silver etc.
Thus, statement 1 is incorrect.
Manets lose their magnetic properties by heating, hammering and dropping from a height.
Thus, statement 2 is correct.
A freely suspended magnet rests in the North - South direction. Thus, statement 3 is incorrect.
Hence, only statement 2 is correct.