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Angle of Contact & Capillarity question from MHT CET 2021 (21 Sep, Shift 2)

Q50MHT CET 2021 · 21 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Angle of Contact & Capillarity

Water rises upto a height 10 cm10\text{ cm} in a capillary tube. It will rise to a height which is much more than 10 cm10\text{ cm} in a very long capillary tube if the apparatus is kept.

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Answer: (a)

  1. h∝1gh \propto \frac{1}{g}; a much larger rise needs a much smaller gg.
  2. At the poles gg is slightly larger, at the equator only slightly smaller, and in a lift going up geff=g+ag_{\text{eff}} = g + a is larger.
  3. On the moon gg is about g6\frac{g}{6}, so h≈60 cmh \approx 60\text{ cm}.
  4. So the answer is (a) on the surface of the moon.
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