Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Magnetism and Matter

Question:

A substance X has the following characteristic. Under which category will you categorize it ?

  1. X has tendency to move from weaker parts of the magnetic field to the stronger parts.
  2. X gets weakly attracted to magnet.
Options:

Paramagnet

Ferromagnet

Diamagnet

Can be paramagnet or ferromagnet

Correct Answer:

Paramagnet

Explanation:
  1. It moves from weaker parts of the field to the stronger parts. So it can be paramagnet or ferromagnet.
  2. It gets weakly attracted to the magnet. So it has to be Paramagnet.