How will you test whether a given rod is made of iron or copper Share with your friends Share 0 Hritika Prasad answered this Iron rod gets magnetised when placed near a magnet by magnetic induction,while copper rod does not get magnetised 2 View Full Answer Shamnas answered this Bring a magnet near the rod if the rod is attracted by the magnet then it will be made of iron else not. 0 Gouri Pandey answered this Iron rod gets magnitises when kept near a bar magnet by magnetic induction but copper does not 0