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The relationship between osmotic pressure at 273 K when 10 g glucose, 10 g urea and 10 g sucrose are dissolved in 250 mL of water to form separate solutions is:

[P1, P2 and P3 are osmotic pressure of glucose, urea and sucrose solution respectively]

A
P1>P2>P3
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P3>P1>P2
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C
P2>P1>P3
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D
P2>P3>P1
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Solution

The correct option is C P2>P1>P3
The osmotic pressure is inversely proportional to the molecular weight.
The increasing order of molecular weights is urea < glucose < sucrose.
Hence, the decreasing order of osmotic pressure is P2>P1>P3.
Hence, the correct option is C

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