You can tell about the directions by looking at a suspended magnetic needle of the compass.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
The freely suspended magnetic needle of the compass always aligns itself in the North-South direction of the Earth. So, the other directions can be derived by looking at the aligned needle of the compass in North-South.

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