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Water and Its Composition

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Due to surface tension, rain drops have tendency to acquire shape.

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spherical

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cylindrical

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conic

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cubic

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Solution

The correct option is A spherical
Due to surface tension, liquids tend to have less surface area. Since for a given volume, spheres have minimun surface area, rain drops are spherical in shape.

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