When a magnetic compass needle is carried nearby to a straight wire carrying current, then
(I) The straight wire cause a noticeable deflection in the compass needle.
(II) The alignment of the needle is tangential to an imaginary circle with straight wire as its centre and has a plane perpendicular to the wire
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C
Bothe points are correct and these are the result of experiment done by Danish physicist Hans Christian Oersted in 1820.
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