Question

It was observed that a pencil sharpener gets attracted by both the poles of a
magnet although its body is made of plastic. Name a material that might have
been used to make some part of it.
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Answer 1

Answer:

Answer: The blade of sharpener is made up of iron. Iron is a magnetic material because of this pencil sharpener gets attracted by the poles of a magnet although the body is made up of plastic.

Answer 2

Material that might have been used to make some part of it is iron.

A pencil sharpener is made up of plastic but to sharpen the pencil an iron blade is present and iron is a metal and it is magnetic, so any metal with iron in it will be attracted to a magnet.