Question

you are provided with two identical metal bars. one of the two is a magnet . suggest two ways to identify the magnet​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Take both the metal bars and put them in the iron fillings The magnet will have some iron fillings attracted to it and the simple metal bar will be plain.

Take a magnet and bring it near both the metal bars one by one. The bar which either attracts or repels the magnet is itself a magnetic bar while the other is not.

Answer 2

Explanation:

two ways ti identify the bar if magnet are:-

a) keep the two bars separately and sprinkle some iron fillings near them. the bar which attracts the iron filling is the bar of magnet.

b) put the bar near a conducting body and see the reactions