NEET UG 2020 · Physics · Question 178
NEET 2020 Physics, question 178
Question 178 of the NEET 2020 paper (code E1) is a Physics question from Mechanical Properties of Fluids. Its idea, Mass of Liquid in a Capillary Tube, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q178 · Physics
A capillary tube of radius r is immersed in water and water rises in it to a height h. The mass of the water in the capillary is 5 g. Another capillary tube of radius 2r is immersed in water. The mass of water that will rise in this tube is :
- 12.5 g
- 25.0 g
- 310.0 gOfficial answer
- 420.0 g
Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key
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The only question on Mass of Liquid in a Capillary Tube
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Mass of Liquid in a Capillary Tube: every question and how it was framed
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Mechanical Properties of Fluids in ten years of NEET
15 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 1.4 a paper. Surface Tension alone had 6.