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Q.

A compass needle which is allowed to move in a horizontal plane is taken to a geomagnetic pole. It

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a

will become rigid showing no movement

b

will stay in north-south direction only

c

will stay in any position

d

will stay in east-west direction only

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

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Horizontal component of earth's magnetic field is given by 

BH=Bcosδ

At the geometric poles, the angle of dip becomes ±900 and therefore BH becomes zero. 

Hence there won't be any force on the compass needle and it will stay in any random position.

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