NDA 2017 Physics question

At which place Earth's magnetic field becomes horizontal ?

(A)Magnetic meridian
(B)Magnetic equatorCorrect
(C)Geographical pole
(D)Tropic of Cancer

Answer: (B)

Solution

The angle of dip is the angle the Earth's magnetic field makes with the horizontal. At the magnetic equator the dip is zero, so the field is entirely horizontal; at

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Question ID VK-030694