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Choose the correct option in accordance with the statements given below.

I. The positive hydrostatic pressure is also called turgor pressure. II. Wall pressure is exerted to prevent any increase in protoplasm size. III. Osmosis is the movement of substances, which takes place along a diffusion gradient. IV. Plasmolysis is the result of reverse osmosis.

Answer: (A)

Solution

I is correct — positive hydrostatic pressure in a cell is turgor pressure. II is correct — wall pressure develops as the rigid wall resists further expansion of the swollen protoplast. III is correct (in the general, loosely stated sense used here) — osmosis is movement of the

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