Assertion: A current carrying rod is suspended between U-shaped magnet, the rod deflects.
Reason: A force is exerted on the rod due to magnetic field.
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A force is always exerted due to magnetic field in the same way electric current flowing through any conductor produces magnetic field. And in this case, Fleming’s left-hand rule is used to predict directions of the magnetic field, current and displacement. Thus, assertion and reason both are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.