Question

Identify poles of magnets in following diagram

Answer 1

$\star$ Both X and Y are South Poles.

Reason:

• Outside a magnet , magnetic field lines always originate and diverge from the North Pole and move towards the South pole , such that the field lines again converge and enter the S-Pole.

• Inside a magnet , the field lines move from the South Pole to North Pole.

• In the attached diagram, the field lines are converging and terminating at X and Y points.

Hence , both X and Y are South Poles.