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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 componet of earth's magnetic field

D

All of these

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C
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