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What will happen, if a piece of potato tuber is placed in a concentrated sugar solution?

  1. It will become limp due to the loss of water from its cells.

  2. It will become turgid by absorbing water from sugar solution.

  3. The cells will show endosmosis.

  4. It will swell up due to imbibition.
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Explanation

If a piece of potato tuber is placed in a concentrated sugar solution, it will become limp due to exosmosis (water moves out of the cell).

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