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Osmotic Pressure and Osmotic Potential

A cell, when ...

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A cell, when kept in a sugar solution, gets dehydrated. Then the solution is

A

None of the above

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Isotonic

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C

Hypertonic

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D

Hypotonic

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Solution

The correct option is C
Hypertonic

If a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, then it loses water due to exosmosis and gets dehydrated.

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