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Solutions — Chemistry STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceChemistrySolutions1 Mark
MCQ
An unripe mango placed in a concentrated salt solution to prepare pickle, shrivels because $.......$
  • A
    It gains water due to osmosis.
  • B
    It loses water due to reverse osmosis.
  • C
    It gains water due to reverse osmosis.
  • ✓
    It loses water due to osmosis.
✓

Answer

Correct option: D.
It loses water due to osmosis.
Water starts moving out of mango $($lower concentration$)$ to the salt solution $($higher concentration$)$ due to osmosis.

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