Question

Pickles are made by soaking cucumbers in a
salt solution, if osmotic pressure of salt
solution and liquid in cucumber are x1 and x2
respectively then correct relation is
1)x1>x2

2) x2>x1
3)x1=x2
4)x1+x2=0​

Answer 1

The correct relation for the given condition is:

(1) x1 > x2

- During the soaking of cucumbers in the salt solution, the process of osmosis is taking place.

- The concentration of salt is greater in the salt solution than the concentration inside the cucumber.

- As we know that Osmotic pressure depends upon the concentration of the solute, we can say that:

Osmotic pressure of salt solution > Osmotic pressure of liquid inside the cucumber

⇒ x1 > x2