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Osmometer having 0.5 M solution can made to shrink when immersed in ............... solution

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0.05 M
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0.75 M
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0.5 M
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Distilled water
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Solution

The correct option is C 0.75 M
Osmometer will shrink when it is placed in a hypertonic solution. It loses water due to osmosis and shrinks. So the only solution which is hypertonic to the osmometer is 0.75 M.
So the correct answer is '0.75 M'.

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