Question

A diamagnetic substance is brought, one by one, near the north pole and the south pole of a bar magnet. It is ______.

Options

• repelled by north pole and attracted by south pole.

• attracted by north pole and repelled by south pole.

• attracted by north pole as well as by south pole.

• repelled by north pole as well as by south pole.

Answer 1

A diamagnetic substance is brought, one by one, near the north pole and the south pole of a bar magnet. It is repelled by north pole as well as by south pole.

Explanation:

Diamagnetic compounds contain no permanent magnetic dipoles. Rather, they create induced magnetic dipoles in the opposite direction of the external field when exposed to an external magnetic field. This means it is repelled by both the north and south poles of a magnet.