Residual forces are known as :
Balanced forces
Unbalanced forces
Vanderwaal's forces of attraction
None of these
When a particle is surrounded by other particles the intermolecular forces are balanced, however, particles on the surface are surrounded only on one side and hence forces acting on them are unbalanced, these unbalanced forces are called residual forces.
Therefore, option number (2) is correct.
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