The size of a raw mango shrinks to a much smaller size when kept in a concentrated salt solution. Which one…

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. Osmosis
  2. Dialysis
  3. Diffusion
  4. Reverse osmosis

Solution

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"

Asked in: JEE Main 2020 (02 Sep Shift 2)

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