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⚛️ Physics  ·  Magnetism and Matter  ·  NEET & JEE

The imaginary lines used to represent a magnetic field, drawn so that the tangent at any point gives the field direction, are called:

Answer: Magnetic field lines.

  • A Electric field lines
  • B Magnetic field lines
  • C Equipotential lines
  • D Isobars

Correct answer: B. Magnetic field lines

Explanation: Magnetic field lines are continuous closed curves whose tangent at any point gives the direction of the magnetic field there, and they do not intersect each other.

Magnetic field lines of a bar magnet, emerging from the north pole and curving round to enter the south pole outside the magnet

Magnetic field of a bar magnet: field lines emerge from the north pole and re-enter at the south pole outside the magnet, forming continuous closed loops. Image: Geek3, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Concept context

Bar magnets, Earth's magnetism, and how different materials respond to an external magnetic field - diamagnetic, paramagnetic, and ferromagnetic behaviour.

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