Question

A student 5 raisins each in two beakers A and B. Beaker A contained 50 ml of distiller water and beaker B has 50 ml of saturated sugar solution. After some time student would observe that:-

a) raisins in beaker A were more swollen than thos in beaker B

b) raisins in beaker B were more swollen than in beaker A

c) raisins in both beakers A and B were equally swollen

d) raisins in beaker A did not swell up at all

Answer 1

The answer is a) raisins in beaker A were more swollen than in beaker B.

Beaker A contains distilled water, the concentration of which is lesser than the cell saps of raisins. As a result of osmosis, water from lesser concentration moves towards the higher concentration of solution.