The Earth acts like a giant magnet, and a freely suspended magnet aligns itself with the Earth's magnetic field lines.
A freely suspended bar magnet will always rest in :
Asked in Protection Officer 2018 · Topic: Mechanics (Newton's Laws of Motion and their applications)
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