A magnetic needle suspended horizontally by an unspun silk fibre, oscillates in the horizontal plane because of the restoring force originating mainly from

  • A

    The torsion of the silk fibre

  • B

    The force of gravity

  • C

    The horizontal component of earth's magnetic field

  • D

    All the above factors

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