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Excessive loss of water causes wilting of leaves. It can be prevented by:

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Important Questions on Transport in Plants

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"Transpiration is a necessary evil". Discuss.
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Water vapour comes out from the plant leaf through the stomatal opening. Through the same stomatal opening, carbon dioxide diffuses into the plant during photosynthesis. Reason out the above statements using one of the following options:
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Explain Transpiration pull theory.
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The salting of pickles is an example for
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Study the diagram and the list given below.

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i) Chloroplast

ii) Epidermal cell

iii) Guard cell

iv) Subsidiary cell

v) Stomatal pore

The correct match is

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The water potential of pure water is
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"Transpiration is a necessary evil". Explain.
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Which of the following elements is responsible for maintaining turgor in cells?
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Given below is a diagram of the stomatal apparatus. Match the labels with the corresponding names of the compounds. 

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Choose the correct combination.

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Take two plants, keep plant A in very dry conditions and plant B in high humidity. Simultaneously, immerse the roots of both plants in water with a red dye. What would you observe?
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Assertion (A): The flow of solvent molecules from a pure solvent to the solution through semipermeable membrane is osmosis.

Reason (R): Pure solvent molecules flow out of the solution through semipermeable membrane if a pressure larger than the osmotic pressure is applied to the solution side.

The correct answer is:

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Three uniformly watered plants i, ii and iii were kept in 45% relative humidity, 45% relative humidity with blowing wind and 95% relative humidity, respectively. Arrange these plants in the order (faster to slowest) in which they will dry up.
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The water potential ψp of pure water at standard temperature and atmospheric pressure is:
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Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The forces generated by transpiration can create pressures sufficient to lift a xylem sized column of water over 130 metres high.
Statement II: Transpiration cools leaf surfaces, sometimes 10 to 15 degrees, by evaporative cooling.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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The containers X and Y have 1 litre of pure water and 1 litre of 0.1 M sugar solution, respectively. Which one of the following statements would be correct regarding their water potential Ψ and osmotic potential Ψs?

*Note: There were errors in original KVPY papers, and thus the options are modified here.

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Explain the process with a diagram when a living cell is placed in a concentrated solution.
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Which of the following physico-chemical techniques is commonly used to desalinate brackish water?
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Draw a diagram of stomata of Rheo leaf and write any two functions of stomata.
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The process responsible for facilitating loss of water in liquid form from the tip of grass blades at night and in early morning is
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Transpiration and root pressure cause water to rise in plants by: