MHT CET Physics question

Water rises upto a height 'h' in a capillary tube on the surface of the earth. The value of 'h' increases, if the capillary tube apparatus is kept [MHT-CET 2022]

(A)In a lift going upward with acceleration
(B)On the sun
(C)In a lift going downward with acceleration (a) where a < g (acceleration due to gravity)Correct
(D)On the poles

Answer: (C)

Solution

, so h increases only when the effective g decreases; in a lift moving up (larger), on the sun g is much

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