Question

A small bar magnet is placed in the magnetic field of a larger bar magnet, at the position marked Z in the diagram below. Assuming the small bar magnet is free to rotate, how would it be positioned?

Answer 1

The correct position of the bar magnet will be seen in option (c).

The large magnet south pole will repel the small magnet's south pole. Because same polarity poles repel each other. Also, the opposite polarity magnetic poles attract each other.
Therefore, the placement of the small magnet will be as shown in figure (c)