Question

The size of a raw mango shrinks to a much smaller size when kept in a concentrated salt solution. Which one of the following process can explain this ?

(1) Dialysis

(2) Reverse osmosis

(3) Osmosis

(4) Diffusion

Answer 1

Ans. (3) Osmosis

Sol. When mango kept in concentrate salt solution then solvent (water) flow from mango to concentrate solution that’s why mango shrinks this is called. “Osmosis”