Given below are two statements. Which of the state meants is/are true ?
Statement-A : when the south pole of a bar magnet points towards the geographic north pole, the neutral points are along the equatorial line
Statement B: At the neutral point, the Earth's magnetic field is zero .

Options

A. A is true, B is false
B. Both A and B are false
C. A is false, B is true
D. Both A and B are true

Answer

B

Explanation

When the south pole of a magnet points towards the geographic north pole, the null points are obtained at two point on the axial line of the magnet. At the null point, the resultant magnetic filed is zero.