Assertion : A compass needle when placed on the magnetic north pole of the earth rotates in vertical direction.
Reason : The earth has only horizontal component of its magnetic field at the north poles.
Reason : The earth has only horizontal component of its magnetic field at the north poles.
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
- ✓If the assertion and reason both are false.
Answer: D.
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