Question

A piece of ice is floating in a beaker containing water when ice melts, the temperature falls from `20^@C to 4^C` When ice melts, the temperature falls from `20^@C to 4^@C` and the level of water :
A. remains uchanged
B. falls
C. rises
D. changes erratically

Answer 1

Correct Answer - B
(b) As the density of water is maximum at `4^@C`, hence volume of liquid decreases which makes the level fall.