A plant cell placed in a certain solution got plasmolysed. What was the kind of solution?

(a) Isotonic sugar solution (b) Hypotonic salt solution

(c) Hypertonic salt solution (d) Isotonic salt solution

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(c) Hypertonic solution

A hypertonic solution is a particular type of solution that has a greater concentration of solutes on the outside of a cell when compared with the inside of a cell.

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A plant cell placed in a certain solution got plasmolysed. What was the kind of solution?

(a) Isotonic sugar solution (b) Hypotonic salt solution

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(a) Hypertonic salt solution and

(b) Hypotonic salt solution.

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