Two identical lead shots are dropped at the same time in two glass jars containing water and glycerine. The lead shot dropped in glycerine descends slowly because:

Viscous force is more in water than in glycerine

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Viscous force is more in glycerine than in water

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Surface tension is more in water

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Surface tension is more in glycerine

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Solution

The correct option is A Viscous force is more in glycerine than in water
Glycerine viscosity is 950 cP and water viscosity is 0.89 cP. We can see that glycerine has high viscosity. High viscous force of glycerine increases the time of drop of lead shot than in water.

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