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

None of the above

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Isotonic

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Hypertonic

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Hypotonic

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The correct option is C
Hypertonic

Hypertonic solutions have a higher solute concentration which causes the water inside a cell to get out of the cell by osmosis. Thus, the cell gets dehydrated.

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