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We saw that a suspended bar magnet
always comes to rest in the North-South
Earth as a Magnet:
direction.
Why does it come to rest in that
particular direction only?
What force is acting on it?
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Answer 1

Answer:

This suggests that the Earth itself behaves as a magnet which causes a freely suspended magnet (or magnetic needle) to point always in a particular direction: North and South. ... The South Pole of the Earth's magnet is in the geographical North because it attracts the North Pole of the suspended magnet and vice versa.