Question

Sugar syrup is usually used to coat sweets. It becomes hard on cooling. From this observation, we can conclude that sugar syrup is ___________.

• A. a saturated solution
• B. an unsaturated solution
• C. not a solution
• D. a colloidal solution

Answer 1

The correct option is A

a saturated solution

The hot sugar syrup is a saturated solution because sugar is soluble in water and solubility increases with rise in temperature. Once the solution is cooled, solubility decreases and the sugar becomes insoluble. So, a hard layer coating is formed on the sweets.