Q2.A science teacher asked students to identify the poles of the magnet, using some paper clips made of magnetic material and a magnet. How would the students able to identify them?

Question1.

Fill in the blanks in the following

(i) Artificial magnets are made in different shapes such as , and .

(ii) The Materials which are attracted towards a magnet are called.

(iii) Paper is not a material.

(iv) In olden days, sailors used to find direction by suspending a piece of

.

(v) A magnet always has poles.

(i) Artificial magnets are made in different shapes such as bar-magnet, cylindrical magnet and horse-shoe magnet.

(ii) The Materials which are attracted towards a magnet are called magnetic material.

(iii) Paper is not a magnetic material.

(iv) In olden days, sailors used to find direction by suspending a piece of bar-magnet.

Question2.

State whether the following statements are true or false

(i) A cylindrical magnet has only one pole.

(ii) Artificial magnets were discovered in Greece.

(iii) Similar poles of a magnet repel each other.

(iv) Maximum iron filings stick in the middle of a bar magnet when it is brought near them.

(v) Bar magnets always point towards North-South direction.

(vi) A compass can be used to find East-West direction at any place.

(vii) Rubber is a magnetic material.

The answer of your question is true