You can also find an explanation for the mutiple choice answers a few pages on in the mark scheme. It mentions how the field is non-uniform and so the ball bearing moves to where the density of the field is greater.
It's starting to make some sense as far as my limited knowledge allows me.
Thanks for the help so far. I have posted a link to the original question from an Olympiad paper, Q7, to remove ambiguity.
http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/olympiad/Downloads/PastPapers/BPhO_AS_2009_QP.pdf
Ok so it now seems that an induced current is caused by a change in magnetic field across a given charge not a current.
I think I have misinterpreted the original question in assuming that the ball bearing has been in the described position since the beginning of time. If that were the case...
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Sorry again.
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