Q.

A teacher one day pointed out to his students the peculiar fact that water is a unique liquid which freezes exactly at 0°C and boils exactly at 100°C. He asked the students to find the correct statement based on this fact.

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a

Water dissolves anything, however sparingly the dissolution may be.

b

Water is a polar molecule.

c

Boiling and freezing temperatures of water were used to define a temperature scale.

d

Liquid water is denser than ice.

answer is 3.

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The scaling of zero degree centigrade is based on this fact.
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