A coil carrying a heavy current and having large number of turns mounted in a $N-S$ vertical plane and $a$ current flows in clockwise direction. A small magnetic needle at its cente will have its north pole in

  • A

    East-north direction

  • B

    West-north direction

  • C

    East-south direction

  • D

    West-south direction

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