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Important Questions on Cell Membranes and Transport
The containers and have litre of pure water and litre of sugar solution, respectively. Which one of the following statements would be correct regarding their water potential and osmotic potential
*Note: There were errors in original KVPY papers, and thus the options are modified here.





Assertion (): The flow of solvent molecules from a pure solvent to the solution through semipermeable membrane is osmosis.
Reason Pure solvent molecules flow out of the solution through semipermeable membrane if a pressure larger than the osmotic pressure is applied to the solution side.
The correct answer is:






Describe the events shown in the figure in terms of water potential.




Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.
is a prime number between and
is an odd number between and





