Statement I: To protect any instrument from external magnetic field, it is put inside an iron body. Statement II: Iron is a magnetic substance.

Question

Statement I: To protect any instrument from external magnetic field, it is put inside an iron body. Statement II: Iron is a magnetic substance. (A) If both statements are true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I (B) If both statements are true but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I (C) If statement I is true but statement II is false (D) If both statements are false

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Since iron is ferromagnetic in nature, therefore lines of force due to external magnetic field prefer to pass through iron.

Q. Statement I: To protect any instrument from external magnetic field, it is put inside an iron body. Statement II: Iron is a magnetic substance.

If both statements are true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I

If both statements are true but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I

If statement I is true but statement II is false

If both statements are false

Since iron is ferromagnetic in nature, therefore lines of force due to external magnetic field prefer to pass through iron.

Q. Statement I: To protect any instrument from external magnetic field, it is put inside an iron body.
Statement II: Iron is a magnetic substance.