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Find out the incorrect about diffusion pressure(DP)
I. DP $\alpha$ Conc. of solution
II. DP $=$ DP
III. For a fully turgid cell, DP$=0$.

  1. I and II only

  2. II & III only

  3. I & III only

  4. I, II and III


Correct Option: A

Pressure exerted by cell wall to balance turgor pressure is called

  1. Wall pressure

  2. DPD

  3. Water potential

  4. Osmotic pressure


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Wall pressure' is the pressure exerted by the cell wall to balance turgor pressure.

When a cell is placed in water, it takes in water due to

  1. Osmotic pressure

  2. Suction pressure

  3. Translocation

  4. Water potential and TP


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Diffusion pressure deficit' (DPD) is also known as suction pressure (SP). DPD is responsible for movement of water in a plant. Water moves from a region or cell of low DPD to a cell or region of high DPD. The DPD is calculated as the difference of osmotic pressure (which is responsible for entry of water into a cell) and turgor pressure (which opposes entry of water into a cell). 

Water enters from the soil into the root hairs due to

  1. Turgor pressure of root hair

  2. Osmotic pressure of root hair

  3. Suction pressure

  4. Diffusion pressure


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Suction pressure is same as DPD (Diffusion Pressure Deficit). Water moves in a plant due to suction pressure or DPD from a region of lower DPD to a region of higher DPD.

The term diffusion pressure deficit was coined by 

  1. De Duve

  2. B.S Meyer

  3. Novikoff

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The term diffusion pressure deficit (DPD) was coined by B.S Meyer in 1938. 

The amount by which diffusion pressure of a solution is lower than its pure solvent is known as Diffusion Pressure Deficit. DPD of pure water is the lowest. Hence option B is correct.

What will be zero in fully turgid cell ________.

  1. TP

  2. OP

  3. DPD

  4. WP


Correct Option: C

Osmotic pressure of a cell is zero, when

  1. T.P. is maximum

  2. DPD is maximum

  3. T.P. is zero

  4. Not possible


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Osmotic pressure is the pressure responsible for osmosis in the plant. Osmotic pressure depends on the concentration of solute particles in the cell sap. More the concentration of solute particles more the osmotic pressure. The osmotic pressure of cell sap can never be zero, because always there will be some or the other solute particles present in the cell sap. 

The real force responsible for the movement of water from cell to cell is

  1. OP

  2. TP

  3. DPD

  4. WP


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

DPD stands for diffusion pressure deficit. The deficit in diffusion pressure depends on the number of solute particles present in the system. In a plant body, water moves from a region of low DPD to a region of high DPD. This is understandable because low DPD means low solute concentration or high concentration of solvent molecules and vice versa for high DPD.

The term "DPD" was coined by

  1. Renner

  2. Kramer

  3. B. S. Mayer

  4. Stephen Hales


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The amount by which the diffusion pressure of a solution is lower than that of the pure solvent is called as 'diffusion pressure deficit' (DPD). The term diffusion pressure deficit (DPD) was coined by B.S Meyer in 1938. Originally DPD was described as suction pressure by Renner (1915).

If the given solution is of 25% concentration; then what cannot be presented for this

  1. OP

  2. DPD

  3. Solute potential

  4. TP


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

When a cell is immersed in water, then water enter into the cell because the osmotic pressure of the cell sap is higher. The cell content develops a pressure against the cell wall, which is called turgor pressure. If the given solution is of 25% concentration; then it can not represent TP(turgor pressure) because pressure cannot be expressed in terms of concentration.

So, the correct answer is 'TP'.