Oil rises up the wick in a lamp because
(a) Oil is very light
(b) Of the diffusion of oil through the wick
(c) Of the surface tension phenomenon
(d) Of the capillary action phenomenon
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Answer / simran
Its bcoz of the capillarity phenomenon.... Wick acts as a capillary tube
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