Two pieces of glass plates placed one upon the other with a little water in between them cannot be separated easily because of:

$A$ wire of length $20 \ cm$ is placed horizontally on the surface of water and is gently pulled up with a force of $1.456 \times 10^{-2} \ N$ to keep the wire in equilibrium. The surface tension of water is (in $N \ m^{-1}$)

Give two practical illustrations of surface tension.

There is a horizontal film of soap solution. On it,a thread is placed in the form of a loop. The film is pierced inside the loop,and the thread becomes a circular loop of radius $R$. If the surface tension of the soap solution is $T$,what will be the tension in the thread?

Small liquid drops assume a spherical shape because

The length of a needle floating on the surface of water is $1.5\,cm$. The force in addition to its weight required to lift the needle from the water surface will be...... $N$ (surface tension of water $= 7.5\,N/cm$).