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The Earth's magnetic field runs approximately from geographic:
ATop to bottom
BCentre outward
CSouth to north
DEast to westward
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. South to north
1. A compass needle's north end points to geographic north.
2. Field lines outside a magnet leave its north pole.
3. So the Earth's field runs from geographic south to north.
4. The answer is south to north.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Physics, Ch 5 'Magnetism and Matter'_
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