Question

why does a freely suspended magnet point in the north south direction answer in one or two sentence

Answer 1

freely suspended magnet always points in the North-South direction even in the absence of any other magnet. This suggests that the Earth itself behaves as amagnet which causes a freely suspended magnet (or magnetic needle) to pointalways in a particular direction: North andSouth.

Answer 2

Explanation:

It is due to the influence of the earth magnet. The direction of the earth magnet is in the North-south direction of the earth. The North pole of the earth magnet is near the geographical south pole and south pole is near the geographical north pole. Therefore North of suspended magnet align above the south pole of the earth magnet and vice versa.