Answer
Attracted.
Work Step by Step
This experiment is similar to the one in which you bring a charged pole near a neutral metal sphere. In both cases, whether the rod is positively charged or negatively charged, it will polarize the sphere and it will be attracted to it.
The same thing happens here, in both cases, whether we bring the north pole or the south pole, the sphere will be polarized and attract to the magnet.
We also know that magnetic materials are attracted to both poles of a magnet.
Therefore, the metal sphere will be attracted in both cases.
