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Agriculture · Q419

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 419

Q419

Wooden doors swell up and get stuck during rainy season due to

A.
Capillarity
B.
Imbibition
Answer
C.
Endosmosis
D.
Exosmosis

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Wooden doors swell up and get stuck during the rainy season due to Imbibition.
Imbibition is a special type of diffusion that takes place when liquid is absorbed by solids-colloids causing an increase in volume.
Water surface potential movement takes place along a concentration gradient; some dry materials absorb water. A gradient between the absorbent and the liquid is essential for imbibition.
Dry wooden doors imbibe water from the moisture in the atmosphere during the rainy season and swell up.