Objects having relative density greater than 1 _____ in water.

sink

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float

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may sink or float

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oscillates up and down

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Solution

The correct option is A sink
Object sinks when the weight of the water displaced by it is less than the weight of the object. This proves out to be equivalent to relative density of the object wrt water being greater than one.

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