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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Moving Charges and Magnetism

Question:

A wire oriented in the East-West direction carries a current eastward. What is the direction of the magnetic field at a point of the South of the wire? 

Options:

Vertically down

Vertically up

South-East

South-West

Correct Answer:

Vertically down

Explanation:

Using the right hand thumb rule