Question

Incipient plasmolysis occurs, when the osmotic concentration of a solution in which the tissue is suspended is

• A. Hypertonic
• B. Hypotonic
• C. Near isotonic
• D. Near hypotonic

Answer 1

The correct option is A Hypertonic

Incipient plasmolysis or plasmolysis which is not visible either because plasmolysis has just begun or its magnitude is very less. Plasmolysis occurs when water moves out of the cell due to the process of exosmosis and cell cytoplasm shrivels and leaves the cell wall. Such a process occurs when a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution having a higher concentration of solute particles, than present in the cell cytoplasm. Thus, the correct answer is option A.