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Water rises to a height of \(20 \mathrm{~mm}\) in a capillary tube of cross-sectional area \(A\). If the area of cross-section of the tube is made \(\left(\frac{A}{4}\right)\), then water will rise to a height of

  1. A 2 cm
  2. B 6 cm
  3. C 4 cm
  4. D 3 cm
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(C) 4 cm

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Capillary rise is given by,
\(\begin{aligned}
& h=\frac{2 T \cos \theta}{r \rho g} \\
& \Rightarrow h \propto \frac{1}{r} \propto \frac{1}{\sqrt{A}}
\end{aligned}\)
If \(A\) become one-fourth, \(h\) becomes twice.
\(h^{\prime}=40 \mathrm{~mm}=4 \mathrm{~cm}\)
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