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Transport in Plants — BIOLOGY STD 11 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ScienceBIOLOGYTransport in Plants1 Mark
MCQ
When a potato piece is kept in a highly concentrated salt solution, then:
  • ✓
    Potato is plasmolysed
  • B
    Potato is deplasmolysed
  • C
    Potato cell get bursted
  • D
    There is no effect due to isotonic solution
✓

Answer

Correct option: A.
Potato is plasmolysed
In a highly concentrated salt solution, water is present at a low concentration as compared to the concentration inside the potato cells.
This leads to loss of water from cells of potato and potato is plasmolysed.

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