JEE PHYSICS MCQ: MAGNETISM AND MATTER

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Assertion (A): A compass needle which is allowed to move in a horizontal plane is taken to a geomagnetic pole. It will stay in any direction.

Reason (R): At geomagnetic pole

B_H=0

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Correct option: A

If both (A) and (R) are true and the (R) is a correct explanation of the (A)

Option A is correct because at the geomagnetic poles, the horizontal component of the Earth's magnetic field (B_H) is zero, causing the compass needle to be free to point in any direction.

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