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A 20 cm long capillary tube is dipped in water. The water rises up to 8 cm. If the entire arrangement is put in a freely falling elevator, the length of water column in the capillary tube will be

A

`20cm`

B

`4cm`

C

`10cm`

D

`8cm`

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In the condition of weightlessness, water rise to the whole of the available length.
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