Adjacent Diagram Shows Small Magnet Placed Near Solenoid

The adjacent diagram shows a small magnet placed near a solenoid. State whether the magnet is attracted … as the switch is pressed….

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As the switch is pressed, the magnet will get repelled. The reason is that at the face of solenoid near the north pole of magnet, the current flows in anti-clockwise direction, so the face becomes north pole. The like poles repel, so the magnet is repelled.