Why does a current carrying freely suspended solenoid rest along a particular direction? State the direction in which it rests.

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A current carrying freely suspended solenoid behaves just like a bar magnet. Hence, it rests in the North-South direction exactly in the same manner as a bar magnet does.

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Q. When a solenoid that is carrying current is freely suspended it comes to rest along a particular direction. Why does this happen ?

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A current carrying solenoid when freely suspended, it always rests in

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A current carrying solenoid when freely suspended, it always rests in ________ direction.

When a solenoid that is carrying current is freely suspended, it comes to rest along a particular direction. This happens because:

Complete the following sentences :
(a) When current flows in a wire, it creates .....
(b) On reversing the direction of current in a wire, the magnetic field produced by it gets .....
(c) A current carrying solenoid behaves like a ......
(d) A current carrying solenoid when freely suspended, it always rests in ....... direction.

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