Consider the following statements 1 The angular difference between the North Pole and...........

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Consider the following statements

1. The angular difference between the North Pole and the Magnetic North Pole is fixed and known as the magnetic declination.

2. According to one of theories, the magnetic poles shift due to changes in the Earth's core in response to charge particles emitted by the sun hitting the earth's magnetic field.

Which of the statements is correct?

1 only

2 only

Both are correct

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

Magnetic declination or variation is the angle on the horizontal plane between magnetic north (the direction the north end of a compass needle points, corresponding to the direction of the Earth's magneticfield lines) and true north (the direction along a meridian towards the geographic North Pole).
Magnetic declination varies both from place to place and with the passage of time.