Question

The size of a raw mango shrinks to a much smaller size when kept in a concentrated salt solution. Which one of the following processes can explain this ? 

(1) Diffusion 

(2) Dialysis 

(3) Osmosis 

(4) Reverse osmosis

Answer 1

Answer is (3) Osmosis

Raw mango shrink in salt solution due to net transfer of water molecules from mango to salt solution due to phenomenon of osmosis.