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Terrestrial Magnetism: DGCA Air Navigation questions

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Question 1

The red pole of a freely suspended magnet will point towards ....... and at latitude 60°N will point ....... at an angle known as the angle of .......

Question 2

If the total force of the earth's field at a point is T and the horizontal and vertical components H and Z, the value of H is found by the formula:

Question 3

The slow change in the earth's magnetic variation is known as the ....... change and is caused by .......

Question 4

Soft iron is comparatively ....... to magnetize whilst hard iron is ....... to demagnetize.

Question 5

Which of the following materials are classed as ferromagnetic?

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