A red blood cell (RBC) was kept in a certain solution for few minutes and it got burst. The said solution was :

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A red blood cell (RBC) was kept in a certain solution for few minutes and it got burst. The said solution was : (A) isotonic (B) concentrated sugar solution (C) hypertonic (D) hypotonic

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When an RBC is kept in a hypotonic solution then, water enters the RBC by the process of osmosis (Endosmosis). The RBC will increase in size and ultimately burst. Osmosis is the movement of solvent particles from hypotonic to hypertonic medium through semipermeable membrane.

Q. A red blood cell (RBC) was kept in a certain solution for few minutes and it got burst. The said solution was :

isotonic

concentrated sugar solution

hypertonic

hypotonic

When an $RBC$ is kept in a hypotonic solution then, water enters the $RBC$ by the process of osmosis (Endosmosis). The $RBC$ will increase in size and ultimately burst. Osmosis is the movement of solvent particles from hypotonic to hypertonic medium through semipermeable membrane.