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

Answer Posted / simran

Its bcoz of the capillarity phenomenon.... Wick acts as a capillary tube

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