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A magnetic needle suspended horizontally by an unspun silk fibre, oscillates in the horizontal plane because of the restoring force originating mainly from

A

The torsion of the silk fibre

B

The force of gravity

C

The horizontal component of earth's magnetic field

D

All the above factors

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