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  • A capillary tube is partially dipped vertically in a vessel containing water. Due to capillarity water rises in the tube. The height of water rise in the tube can be increased by


  • Options
  • A. decreasing the radius of the capillary tube
  • B. increasing the radius of the capillary tube
  • C. increasing the height of water in the vessel
  • D. None of these

  • Correct Answer
  • decreasing the radius of the capillary tube 

    Explanation

    The water rise in a capillary tube dipped in water is such that the weight of water in the tube above the surface of water in the vessel is equal to (balances) the upward force due to surface tension. So it is clear that if the the bore (radius) to the tube is decreased, the height of the water column in it must be greater.  So, (a) is correct.


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    • 1. The electrical domestic tube light gives white fluorescent light because of

    • Options
    • A. colision between molecules of filled gas under electric current
    • B. heavy current
    • C. vacuum inside the tube
    • D. falling of ultra violet rays on the white inner coating of the tube
    • Discuss
    • 2. Pick out the only vector quantity

    • Options
    • A. pressure
    • B. impulse
    • C. gravitational potential
    • D. co-efficient of friction
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which best describes how air moves during convection?

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    • A. cool air falls down
    • B. warm air falls down
    • C. cool air is replaced by warm air
    • D. air always falls down
    • Discuss
    • 4. Reflection from a smooth surface like that of a mirror is called ___________ reflection.

    • Options
    • A. regular
    • B. irregular
    • C. diffused
    • D. fused
    • Discuss
    • 5. If the mass of an object is 60 kgs, what will be its weight on the moon? (N=Newton)

    • Options
    • A. 60N
    • B. 600N
    • C. 100N
    • D. 10N
    • Discuss
    • 6. Hot water is poured simultaneously in four metallic tumblers painted outside with different points. After some time the water will be found to have cooled most in the tumbler painted.

    • Options
    • A. rough white
    • B. rough black
    • C. shining white
    • D. shining black
    • Discuss
    • 7. When one enters a dark room after being in bright light one is not able to see anything clearly for a while because

    • Options
    • A. the retina of the eye moves forward
    • B. the retina of the eye moves backward
    • C. the iris is unable to dilate the pupil immediately to be able to see things
    • D. the eye has no power of accommodation
    • Discuss
    • 8. A boy sitting in a train moving with a uniform velocity drops a coin outside. A man standing outside the train will find the trajectory of the coin to be

    • Options
    • A. a parabola
    • B. a horizontal straight line
    • C. a vertical straight line
    • D. a circle
    • Discuss
    • 9. In the case of bodies falling under gravity which of the following remains constant at a given place?

    • Options
    • A. Kinetic energy
    • B. Potential energy
    • C. acceleration
    • D. all the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. A boy is swinging a ball attached to a string in a horizontal circle.If the string snaps

    • Options
    • A. the ball will travel towards the center of the circle and fall down
    • B. it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down
    • C. it will fall down at the same place where the string breaks
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


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