Imagine a plant cell undergoing plasmolysis. If the external solution's water potential is further decreased, which of the following is the MOST likely consequence?
Deplasmolysis and return to a turgid state.
Incipient plasmolysis with the cell membrane just touching the cell wall.
No further change in the cell's state.
Increased plasmolysis with further shrinkage of the protoplast.
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Imagine a plant cell undergoing plasmolysis. If the external solution's water potential is further decreased, which of the following is the MOST likely consequence?
Deplasmolysis and return to a turgid state.
Incipient plasmolysis with the cell membrane just touching the cell wall.
No further change in the cell's state.
Increased plasmolysis with further shrinkage of the protoplast.
During plasmolysis, the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall. This space is then occupied by:
Hypotonic solution
Air
Hypertonic solution
Cytoplasm
    If the osmotic pressure of cytoplasm in a cell is balanced by external solution, the solution must be
    Hypotonic
Hypertonic
Atonic
Isotonic
    Read the given statements regarding the different stages of plasmolysis and choose the correct option
I.    First stage of plasmolysis, when osmotic concentration of cell sap is just equivalent to that of external solution
II.    Protoplast withdraws itself from corners of the cell wall
III.    Protoplast gets detached from the cell wall and attains a spherical shape
IÂ Â Â Â IIÂ Â Â Â III
Incipient    Limiting    Evident
plasmolysis    plasmolysis    plasmolysis
Limiting    Incipient    Evident
plasmolysis    plasmolysis    plasmolysis
Limiting    Evident    Incipient
plasmolysis    plasmolysis    plasmolysis
Evident    Incipient    Limiting
plasmolysis    plasmolysis    plasmolysis
    When a plasmolyzed cell is placed in a hypotonic solution then water will move inside the cell. Which force causes this?
DPD
OP
WP
None of these
A plant cell is placed in a solution with a water potential of -0.8 MPa. The cell's initial solute potential is -1.2 MPa and its pressure potential is 0.4 MPa. After equilibration, which of the following statements about the cell's state is MOST accurate?
The cell will be turgid, with a pressure potential greater than 0.4 MPa.
The cell will be flaccid, with a pressure potential of zero.
The cell will be plasmolyzed, with a pressure potential of zero.
The cell will experience incipient plasmolysis, with a pressure potential slightly above zero.
During salting of fish?
Bactria undergo plasmolysis
Dead cells of fish undergo plasmolysis
Both
None of these
    Plasmolysis is the result of
    Exosmosis
Endosmosis
Reverse osmosis
Diffusion
A cell swells up when kept in
Hypotonic solution
Hypertonic solution
Isotonic solution
All of the above
    When a cell is plasmolysed, it becomes
    Flaccid and its TP becomes zero
Turgid and its becomes zero
Turgid and TP becomes equal to OP
Flaccid and DPD becomes zero
