AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2006

  • question_answer
    The movement of solvent molecules through a semipermeable membrane is called

    A)  electrolysis       

    B)  electrophoresis

    C)  osmosis                              

    D)  cataphoresis

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                     When two solutions of different concentration ?(one may be solvent) are kept separated by semipermeable membrane, the solvent molecules start flowing from dilute solution to concentrate solution. This phenomenon is called osmosis. Osmosis is a slow process and keeps on happening untill the concentration of both solutions become equal.


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