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Railways PYQCBT 1 2016

RRB NTPC · Question 52

A magnetic compass needle always points in?

  1. North Direction

  2. South Direction

  3. East Direction

  4. West Direction

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Answer: (A) North Direction

Explanation

A freely suspended magnetic compass needle lines up with the Earth's magnetic field: its north pole points towards the Earth's geographic north (the magnetic north). Its other end points south, so the needle lies along the north–south line.