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A freely suspended bar magnet comes to rest pointing:

ALeft and right
BNorth and south
CEast and west
DUp and down
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Correct answer: B. North and south
1. A suspended magnet turns until it lines up with the earth's field. 2. That field runs along the north to south line. 3. So the magnet settles in the north-south direction. _Source: NCERT Class 12 Physics Part I, Chapter 5, Magnetism and Matter._
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