Question

Fill in the blanks :

Increase in pressure .................... the boiling point of water.

• A. increases
• B. decreases
  
• C. does not change
• D. can't say

Answer 1

The correct option is A increases

Boiling point of a liquid increases with increase in pressure. Since a liquid vaporises when molecules moves faster and farther apart but while increasing pressure, you are applying an external force to hold molecules closer to each other.