Question

Mango dipped in conc. NaCl solution will
(a) burst (b) contract
(c) swell (d) no effect

Answer 1

Sorry it is not there on the internet when I checked it

Answer 2

Option (b) is the right answer

Mango dipped in concentrated NaCl solution will contract.

- So basically due to the presence of the osmotic pressure the mango will shrink because the salt concentration which is present inside the mango is very low in quantity.

- That's the reason why the solvent present inside the mango will gradually start to flow towards the salt solution which is placed outside and will further equate the both the concentrations.

- Now this is the reason why water inside the mango decreases and then the mango shrinks.

- So here the alternative option for shrink is contract and thus we can say that that it also contracts.