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Substances that get weakly magnetised in a field are:
AFerromagnetic
BNonmagnetic
CParamagnetic
DDiamagnetic
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Paramagnetic
1. Placed in an external field, these become magnetised only weakly.
2. They drift from a weak field region towards a strong one.
3. Such substances are called paramagnetic.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Physics Part I, Chapter 5, Magnetism and Matter._
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