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An unripe mango placed in a concentrated salt solution to prepare pickle, shrivels because

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a

It gains water due to osmosis

b

It loses water due to reverse osmosis

c

It gains water due to reverse osmosis

d

It loses water due to osmosis

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

It loses water due to osmosis. Due to osmosis, solvent molecules move from Iow concentration side to high concentration side. Hence, a raw mango placed in concentrated salt solution loses water via osmosis and shrivel into pickle.

Hence, option(d) is correct.

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