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The uniformly sweet taste of coffee or tea is due to

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  1. Spreading

  2. Permeability

  3. Distribution

  4. Diffusion

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Diffusion is the net movement of a substance from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration. A gradient is a change in the value of a quantity (e.g., concentration, pressure, temperature) with the change in another variable (e.g., distance). The uniformly sweet taste of coffee or tea is also an example of diffusion. Here, when added tea or coffee powder to milk/water, movement of substance takes place from high concentration to lower concentration. Thus, the correct answer is option D.

A cell with fully elastic wall is placed in hypertonic solution. What will not happen?

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  1. Change in cell size and shape.

  2. The whole cell will shrink.

  3. Cytoplasm shrinks from the cell wall and undergoes plasmolysis.

  4. Decrease in cell size.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A hypertonic solution is a solution which contains more amount for dissolved salts i.e., the concentration of solute is more.

When a cell is placed in hypertonic solution since the solvent concentration is less, the solvent is exerted from the cell and the cell undergoes cytolysis.

The pressure inside the cell is high and the cell may undergo osmolysis.

Cytoplasm will not shrink but cell solvent will come out it is not plasmolysis because the only periphery of the cell is not affected. So it cannot undergo plasmolysis. 

So the correct answer is 'Cytoplasm shrinks from the cell wall and undergoes plasmolysis'.

The external solution having same concentration as that of cell sap is known as

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  1. Hypertonic solution

  2. Isotonic solution

  3. Hypotonic solution

  4. Ultratonic solution

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When cells are in isotonic solution, movement of water out of the cell is exactly balanced by movement of water into the cell. 

If concentrations of dissolved solutes are less outside the cell than inside, the concentration of water outside is correspondingly greater. When a cell is exposed to such hypotonic conditions, there is net water movement into the cell. Cells without walls will swell and may burst (lyse)
In hypertonic solutions,  concentrations of dissolved solutes are greater outside the cell and so the concentration of water outside is correspondingly lower. As a result, water inside the cell will flow outwards to attain equilibrium, causing the cell to shrink. As cells lose water, they lose the ability to function or divide. 
There is nothing like ultratonic solution.
Thus, the correct answer is option (B).

The external solution having more concentration than the cell sap is known as

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  1. Hypertonic solution

  2. Isotonic solution

  3. Hypotonic solution

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When cells are in isotonic solution, movement of water out of the cell is exactly balanced by movement of water into the cell. 

If concentrations of dissolved solutes are less outside the cell than inside, the concentration of water outside is correspondingly greater. When a cell is exposed to such hypotonic conditions, there is net water movement into the cell. Cells without walls will swell and may burst (lyse)
In hypertonic solutions, concentrations of dissolved solutes are greater outside the cell and so the concentration of water outside is correspondingly lower. As a result, water inside the cell will flow outwards to attain equilibrium, causing the cell to shrink. As cells lose water, they lose the ability to function or divide. 
Thus, the correct answer is option (A).

When a cell is placed in 0.25 M concentrated sugar solution, there is no change in it. The concentration of cell sap would be :

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  1. 0.025 M

  2. 0.25 M

  3. 25 M

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
There are three types of solutions that can occur in your body based on solute concentration: isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic. 
A hypertonic solution is one where the concentration of solute is greater outside the cell than inside the cell. An isotonic solution is one in which the concentration of solute is the same both inside and outside of the cell and a hypotonic solution is one in which the concentration of solute is greater inside the cell than outside of it.
So, when the cell is placed in 0.25 M concentrated sugar solution and there is no change in it, the external solution is isotonic, i.e it has the same concentration of 0.25M.
Thus, the correct answer is option (B). 

The external solution having less concentration than the cell sap is known as

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  1. Hypertonic solution

  2. Isotonic solution

  3. Hypotonic solution

  4. Ultratonic solution

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When cells are in isotonic solution, movement of water out of the cell is exactly balanced by movement of water into the cell. 

If concentrations of dissolved solutes are less outside the cell than inside, the concentration of water outside is correspondingly greater. When a cell is exposed to such hypotonic conditions, there is net water movement into the cell. Cells without walls will swell and may burst (lyse)
In hypertonic solutions, concentrations of dissolved solutes are greater outside the cell and so the concentration of water outside is correspondingly lower. As a result, water inside the cell will flow outwards to attain equilibrium, causing the cell to shrink. As cells lose water, they lose the ability to function or divide. 
Thus, the correct answer is option (C).

To initiate cell photosynthesis, salt solution should be 

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  1. Isotonic

  2. Hypotonic

  3. Hypertonic

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(A) An isotonic solution is a solution where there is no net movement of molecules due to equal concentration on both sides of the cell.
(B) Hypotonic solution is a solution where the movement of molecules is from outside to the inside of the cell.
(C) A hypertonic solution is a solution where the movement of molecules is from inside to outside of the cell.
A hypertonic solution is a solution which contains a high concentration of salt.
When the salt solution is the hypertonic solution then water will enter from outer soil inside the cell so that water will be available for photosynthesis.
So, the correct answer is 'Hypertonic'.

Water is absorbed from outside solution only when it is 

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  1. Isotonic

  2. Hypotonic

  3. Hypertonic

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Water is absorbed from outside solution only if the external medium is hypotonic because a hypotonic solution has more concentration of solvent molecules than the fluid inside the cell. So, solvent molecules move inside the cell from the region of higher concentration to the lower concentration by the process of endosmosis. The cell swells and increases in size.

So, the correct answer is option B.

Uniformly sweet taste of tea or coffee is due to 

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  1. Spreading

  2. Osmosis

  3. Permeablity

  4. Diffusion

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

While preparing coffee or tea we pour coffee or tea powder at one point but it is uniformly sweet. It is due to diffusion of the solvent from the high concentration to lower concentration and it becomes uniformly sweet taste.

There is no membrane it is not the case of osmosis and permeability.
So, the correct answer is 'DIffusion'.

State whether the following statements are true or false.
Cells placed in an isotonic environment will die as they swell and burst.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The movement of solutes from lower to higher concentration is called as osmosis. Isotonic solutions are those in which concentration of solute and solvent are same in the outside as well as inside of cells. When cells are placed in the isotonic solution they will remain unaffected as water movement in and out of the cells will be the same . while in hypotonic solution cells will absorb more water and thus become swollen and will burst eventually.

So, the correct statement is 'False'.