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प्रश्न
Addition of salt to pickles is a method of killing the bacteria by ______.
पर्याय
Imbibition
Diffusion
Deplasmolysis
Plasmolysis
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उत्तर
Addition of salt to pickles is a method of killing the bacteria by plasmolysis.
Explanation:
Salt added to the pickle raises the solute concentration outside of the bacterial cells. As a result, water moves outside of the cell and kills the bacteria.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Differentiate between the following:
Turgor pressure and wall pressure
Differentiate between the following:
Turgidity and Flaccidity
Give reason for the following:
It is better to transplant seedlings in a flower-bed in the evening and not in the morning.
Name the following:
The process by which wilting or drooping of leaves occurs.
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The condition opposite to turgid is ___________.
Excessive use of fertilisers in agricultural fields reduces the yield of crops. Justify the statement.
Give the equivalent term for the following:
Pressure exerted by the cell contents on the cell wall.
The figure given below is a diagrammatic representation of a part of the cross-section of the root in the root hair zone. Study the same and then answer the questions that follow:

- The parts labelled as 1, 2, 3 and 4 are:
- Root hair, Xylem vessel, Soil particles, Cortex respectively.
- Xylem vessel, Soil particles, Root hair, Cortex respectively.
- Root hair, Xylem vessel, Cortex, Soil particles respectively.
- Cortex, Soil particles, Xylem vessel, Root hair respectively.
- The process that enables the passage of water from soil into the root hair is:
- Diffusion
- Active transport
- Osmosis
- Passive absorption
- The kind of force which exists between a liquid and any surface is called as:
- Cohesive force
- Adhesive force
- Capillarity
- Suction force
- The kind of force between the same kind of liquid molecules is:
- Capillary force
- Transpirational pull
- Adhesive force
- Cohesive force
- Sometimes exudation of water occurs from the margin of the leaves in the early morning or night. It is termed as:
- Transpiration
- Guttation
- Bleeding
- Osmosis
Given below is the figure of a plant cell showing different kinds of pressure acting upon it. Study the figure and answer the questions that follow:

- In the figure, 1, 2 and 3 represent:
- Cytoplasm, Nucleus, Vacuole respectively
- Vacuole, Cytoplasm, Cell wall respectively.
- Cytoplasm, Cell membrane and vacuole respectively.
- Cytoplasm, Cell wall and Vacuole respectively.
- B in the figure represents:
- Osmotic pressure
- Turgor pressure
- Wall pressure
- Diffusion pressure
- A in the figure represents:
- irnbibition pressure
- Wall pressure
- Turgor pressure
- Osmotic pressure
- C in the figure represents:
- Turgor pressure
- Osmotic pressure
- Wall pressure
- Imbibition pressure
- Draw a neat and labelled diagram of a plasmolyzed plant cell.
