Question

Artificial Magnet was discovered in Greece.
A)True
B) False

Answer 1

Hint: To solve this question, we should know where the magnets were discovered first and what type of magnets were discovered there. If Greece is the first place where artificial magnets were discovered then the statement is true. But if Greece is not the place where artificial magnets were discovered, then the statement is wrong.

Complete step by step answer:
Artificial magnets were discovered by William Gilbert in the sixteen hundreds in England. The first natural magnet was discovered by the Greeks.

So, the correct option is (B) i. e, False.

Additional Information:
Artificial magnets are man-made. To make an artificial magnet, we use permanent or natural magnets. The magnetic strength of an artificial magnet never fades. Even if it fades, we can magnetize it again. We can make any weak magnet into a strong magnet by using electricity. Artificial magnets can be made of different shapes and sizes. Even the strongest magnet is an artificial magnet named as a “ neodymium magnet”. It is the strongest permanent magnet in the world.

Strong permanent magnets are very useful. some of their most common use is:
i) They are used in the field of electroacoustic like in loudspeakers. receivers, alarm, car audio, etc.
ii) They are used in electronic appliances used in vacuum circuit breakers, reed tubes, etc.
iii) They are used in motor field VCM, CD DVD-ROM, etc.
iv) They are used in machinery and equipment like a magnetic separator, magnetic suspension.
v) They are used in health care like MRI, magnetized fuel economizer, etc.
vi) Miscellaneous places like lock and door mechanism, luggage mechanism, etc.

Note: While answering this question, we should be careful about what the question is really asking. Although the credit for the discovery of the first magnet or the first natural magnet goes to the Greeks, the question is for an artificial magnet. Artificial magnets are made by using a natural magnet of any material with feeble magnetism.