If a cell is reduced in size on placing in a solution of sugar, the solution is

Hypertonic

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Hypotonic

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Isotonic

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Saturated

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Solution

The correct option is A Hypertonic
When a cell is placed in hypertonic solution then exosmosis occurs.
Due to exosmosis, the protoplasm shrinks and leaves the cell wall and thus cells become flaccid. The cell shrinks as water flows from a lower concentration of solute to a higher concentration of solute, that is plasmolysis takes place.
So, the correct answer is option A.

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