Question
Assertion : To protect any instrument from external magnetic field, it is put inside an iron body.
Reason : Iron is a magnetic substance.

Answer

(a) Since iron is ferromagnetic in nature, therefore, lines of force due to external magnetic field prefer to pass through iron.

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