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Agriculture · Q7

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 7

Q7

Exosmosis takes place when a plant cell is pull in

A.
Hypotonic solution
B.
Isotonic solution
C.
Hypertonic solution
Answer
D.
Non-ionic solution

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Exosmosis takes place when a plant cell is put in a Hypertonic solution.
Exosmosis is the movement of solvent out of the cell. Due to exosmosis, the cell shrinks.
Exosmosis occurs in the presence of hypertonic solutions. This happens because the solute concentration of the surrounding solution is higher than that inside the cytoplasm.