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AIIMS 2001
Exam
AIIMS
Year
2001
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Transport in Plants

AIIMS 2001 · Botany · Transport in Plants

Wooden doors swell up and get stuck during the rainy season. This...

Wooden doors swell up and get stuck during the rainy season. This is due to the phenomenon of

Options

  1. Aimbibition
  2. Bendosmosis
  3. Ccapillarity
  4. Ddeplasmolysis.

Correct answer

A. imbibition

Step-by-step solution

Jamming of wooden frames during rains is caused by swelling of wood due to imbibition. (The absorption of water by the solid particles of a substance without forming a solution is called imbibition).
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