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When a magnetic compass needle is carried nearby to a straight wire carrying current, then I. the straight wire cause a noticeable deflection in the compass needle. II. the alignment of the needle is tangential to an imaginary circle with straight wire as its centre and has a plane perpendicular to the wireA. (I) is correctB. (II) is correctC. both (I) and (II) are correctD. neither (I) nor (II) is correct

Answer» Correct Answer - C
Both points are correct and these are the result of experments done by Danish physicist Hans Christian Oersted in 1820.


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