Question

Which of the following is a characteristic of liquids?

• A. Fixed volume and fixed shape
• B. Fixed shape and no fixed volume
• C. Fixed volume and no fixed shape
• D. Neither fixed volume nor fixed shape

Answer 1

The correct option is C Fixed volume and no fixed shape

Liquids have fixed volume because the distance between the particles is not too high as in gases, so the space occupied by them is fixed. However, because the particles can move about each other rather freely as compared to solids, a liquid has no definite shape and takes the shape dictated by its container.
The below image explains that how liquids does not have any fixed shape but have fixed volume.