When mango is placed in dilute aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid, it :

shrinks

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swells

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bursts

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nothing happens

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Solution

The correct option is A swells
The outer solution is hypotonic with respect to the solution which is inside the mango. Therefore, due to osmosis water goes inside the mango and it swells.

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