Capillary rise when the effective gravity changes (moon, mine, lift, free fall)
This type of question, asked 5 times: 22 Apr 2025 S1, 26 Apr 2025 S1, 14 May 2026 S1, 15 May 2026 S1, 15 May 2026 S2. All 5 questions below, oldest first.
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Question 1
22 Apr 2025 S1
15A capillary tube is taken from earth's surface to moon's surface. The rise of liquid column on the moon's surface is (acceleration due to gravity on the earth's surface is six times that of moon's surface)Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
26 Apr 2025 S1
6A capillary tube when immersed vertically in water, the rise of water column is up to height on earth's surface. When this arrangement is taken into a mine of depth 'd', below earth's surface, the height of the water column is . If is the radius of the earth, the ratio isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
14 May 2026 S1
111Water rises up to a height in a capillary tube on the surface of the earth. The value of will increase, if the experimental set up is kept in ( = acceleration due to gravity)Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 4
15 May 2026 S1
108A cm long capillary is dipped vertically in water. Water rises to cm. If the arrangement is put in a freely falling elevator, the length of water column in capillary tube will beTap an option to check your answer.
Question 5
15 May 2026 S2
110A capillary tube is taken from the earth to the surface of the moon. The rise of the liquid column on the moon (acceleration due to gravity on earth is times that of the moon) isTap an option to check your answer.