Question

Why containers made up of paper or cloth cannot be used for storing liquids?

Answer 1

Since papers and clothes are permeable membrane to liquids so they are not used to store liquids.

Answer 2

Container made up of paper and cloth can't be used to store liquid because paper consist of lots of small holes and pores which can't be seen by our naked eyes.If we will put water in that the the water will seep our or flow out from there.So we don't use these ordinary paper.