Properties Of Solids And Liquids Question 191
Question: Water rises up to a height h in a capillary tube of certain diameter. This capillary tube is replaced by a similar tube of half the diameter. Now the water will rise to the height of [Kerala PMT 2005]
Options:
A) 4h
B) 3h
C) 2h
D) H
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
$ h\propto \frac{1}{r} $
therefore $ \frac{h _{2}}{h _{1}}=\frac{r _{1}}{r _{2}}=\frac{D _{1}}{D _{2}}=2 $
therefore $ h _{2}=2h _{1} $
