Question

Glucose is not stored in plants due to its ability to

• A. Decrease osmotic pressure
• B. Increase osmotic pressure
• C. Increase turgor pressure
• D. Decrease turgor pressure

Answer 1

The correct option is B Increase osmotic pressure

• Osmosis occurs only through the semi-permeable membrane. Osmosis is a gradient dependent process, osmosis is different from diffusion as it is characterized by a semi-permeable membrane.
  
• Net direction and rate of osmosis depend on both pressure gradient and concentration gradient.

So, the correct answer is 'Increase osmotic pressure'.