10.2 Explain why

(a) The angle of contact of mercury with glass is obtuse, while that of water with glass is acute

(b) Water on a clean glass surface tends to spread out while mercury on the same surface tends to form drops. (Put differently, water wets glass while mercury does not)

(c) Surface tension of a liquid is independent of the area of the surface

(d) Water with detergent dissolved in it should have small angles of contact

(e) A drop of liquid under no external forces is always spherical in shape

Surface tension is the force acting on the surface of the liquid.

Bernoulli's principle states that in a steady flow, the sum of pressure, kinetic energy per unit volume, and potential energy per unit volume remains constant.

Yes, the Mechanical properties of fluids class 11th physics is important in NEET. On average, 1-2 questions would be asked from this chapter, which you can cover from the Class 11th Mechanical Properties of Fluids notes.

The main mechanical properties of fluids are exerting pressure, resisting flow or viscosity, forming surface tension, following Bernoulli's principle, and moving in a streamline.

Since velocity does not change, so acceleration will be zero.

mg = FB + Fv $\Rightarrow \frac{4\pi }{3}{r}^3\rho g=\frac{4\pi }{3}{r}^3\sigma g+6\pi \eta rv$

$\Rightarrow v=\frac{2r^2\left(\rho -\sigma \right)g}{9\eta }=\frac{2\times 0.1\times 0.1\times 10^{-6}\times \left(10^4-10^3\right)\times 10}{9\times 1.0\times 10^{-5}}$

$\Rightarrow h=\frac{400}{2g}=20m$