The needle of a dip circle when placed at a geomagnetic pole stays along
South - North direction only
East - West direction only
Vertical direction
None of the above
The angle between the magnetic meridian and geo meridian is known as
Magnetic dip
Magnetic declination
Magnetic latitude
Magnetic longitude
The earth’s magnetic field always has a vertical component except at,
Magnetic equator
Magnetic poles
Geographic pole
Attitude 45o
If a magnet is suspended at an angle 30° to the magnetic meridian, the dip needle makes an angle of 60° with the horizontal. What is the true value of dip?
tan-1 (2/3)
tan-1 (3/2)
tan-1 (3)
tan-1 (2)
If a magnet is suspended at an angle of 30° to the magnetic meridian, the dip needle makes an angle of 45° with the horizontal. The real dip is:
tan-1 (√ 3 / 2)
tan-1 (√ 3 )
tan-1 ( 2/√3 )
tan-1 (2 )
Choose the right one from the following. A deflection magnetometer can be used for measuring
Declination
Dip
Horizontal component
All the above
The lines of force due to earth’s horizontal magnetic field are
parallel and straight
concentric circle
elliptical
curved lines
If the earth’s horizontal and vertical components are equal at a certain point, the angle of dip is,
90o
60o
45o
Zero
The angle θ between the geographic and magnetic meridian at a place is 58' and the angle made by the earth’s resultant with the horizontal is 30o. What is the angle of declination?
58'
29'
30o
30o58'
At which place earth’s magnetism becomes horizontal?
Magnetic pole
Magnetic meridian