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By which process does dry gram gain water and smell?
A. Diffusion
B. Exosmosis
C. Plasmolysis
D. Imbibition

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Solution

Imbibition

Exosmosis and plasmolysis is loss of water from plant cells.

Endosmosis is another word to describe the uptake of water by cells.

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