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

(i) it gains water due to osmosis.

(ii) it loses water due to reverse osmosis.

(iii) it gains water due to reverse osmosis.

(iv) it loses water due to osmosis.

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The answer is the option (iv). Due to osmosis, Water inside mango (lower concentration) moves outside in a concentrated salt solution (higher concentration).

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