You are given a sewing needle and a bar magnet. Draw a diagram and explain how you will magnetise the needle.

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We will stroke the entire length of the needle in one direction only with the same pole of the bar magnet. After this, we can see that our sewing needle attracts paper clips or common pins. Thus, our sewing needle has been magnetised.

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