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  In brief state what happens when (i) Dry apricot are left for sometime in pure water and later transferred to sugar solution. (ii) Rheo leaves are boiled in water first and then a drop of sugar syrup is put on it. (iii) Golgi apparatus are removed from the cell.              

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                  (i) Dry apricot will swell up due to endosmosis and when it transferred to sugar solution, they shrink due to exosmosis.                        (1) (ii) Cells of Rheo leaves are killed due to boiling so they do not undergo plasmolysis (1) (iii) Formation of lysosome, secretory vesicles will stop and biosynthesis of proteins and lipids does not occur.                                      (1)