Question

A plant cell becomes turgid due to
A. Plasmolysis
B. Exosmosises
C. Endosmosis
D. Electrolysis

Answer 1

A turgid plant cell is a cell that has turgor pressure present in it. When a normal plant cell is kept in a hypotonic solution. That solution with lesser solute concentration further in the cell endosmosis will occur. Because of the movement of Endosmosis the plant cell becomes turgid.

Complete answer:

Option A: Plasmolysis – plasmolysis is a term used for a process in which cells lose water in a hypertonic solution. This reverse process, plasmolysis or cytolysis, can occur if the cell is in a hypotonic solution that results in a lower external osmotic pressure along with a net flow of water into the cell.

Option B: Exosmosis- Exosmosis is passage of a fluid through a semipermeable membrane which moves toward a solution of lower concentration, specially the passage of water through a cell membrane into its environment medium.

Option C: Endosmosis- the term Endosmosis is the movement of the water inside a cell when the cell is placed in a hypotonic solution. This movement of water is caused due to the cell to swell.

Option D: Electrolysis - Electrolysis is the process where an electric current is passed through an electrolytic solution or any other appropriate medium. The process causes a chemical reaction.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note: Osmosis toward the inside of a cell as well as Physical Chemistry and the flow of a substance from an area of lower concentration to one of higher concentration.