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If a traveller using a compass needle follows the direction of the magnetic needle, would be able to reach the geographic north pole ? Explain in detail.

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What is the difference between geographical poles and magnetic poles ? Will the geographical axis coincide with the magnetic axis ? Why ? When a bar magnet is kept nearer to a magnetic compass it deflects. Why ?
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