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Why does a magnetic compass needle pointing North and South in the absence of a nearby magnet gets deflected when a bar magnet or a current carrying loop is brought near it. Describe some salient features of magnetic field lines concept.

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A magnetic compass needle pointing North and South shows deflection when a bar magnet or a current carrying loop is brought near it. This happens because the magnetic fields of the compass needle and the bar magnet (or current carrying loop) interact with each other.

Salient features of magnetic field lines:- 

a. Magnetic field lines follow the direction from the North Pole to the South Pole. 

b. Magnetic field lines always show concentric pattern. 

c. Magnetic field lines do not cross one another. 

d. Closer the field lines; stronger is the magnetic field and vice-versa is also true. 

e. Magnetic field lines are closer near the poles; which shows greater strength of magnetic field near the poles.

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