Increase in pressure can cause:

decrease in volume.

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no change.

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increase in volume.

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first increase and then start decreasing.

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Solution

The correct option is A decrease in volume.
The inter-particle space in the gaseous state is very large, they can be changed by applying pressure. When pressure get increased volume starts decreasing and vice versa.

Hence, the correct option is $A$ .

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