alleryThe tip of a magnet pointing to geographic north is its:
AEquator
BNorth pole
CSouth pole
DBlank pole
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. North pole
1. A suspended magnet has two distinguishable ends.
2. They are named by the direction each one seeks.
3. The end seeking geographic north is the north pole.
4. So the answer is north pole.
_Source: syllabus Physics, Ch 5 'Magnetism and Matter'_
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