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Q.Angle between the magnetic axis and the geographic axis is known as :

(a) Magnetic declination
(b) Angle of dip
(c) Deviation angle
(d) Critical angle
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The angle between the magnetic and geographic axes is the magnetic declination.

Declination is the horizontal angle between the geographic (true north) meridian and the magnetic meridian. The angle of dip is the angle the Earth's total field makes with the horizontal — a different quant …

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