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The angle of contact at the interface of water-glass is 0o, Ethylalcohol-glass is 0o, mercury-glass is 140o and Methyliodide-glass is 30o. A glass capillary is put in a trough containing one of these four liquids. It is observed that the meniscus is convex. The liquid in the trough is then

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water
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ethylalcohol
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mercury
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methyliodide.
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Solution

The correct option is C mercury
The meniscus of liquid in a capillary tube will be convex upwards if the angle of contact is obtuse. It is so when one end of a glass capillary tube is immersed in a trough of mercury.

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