Punjab Medical Punjab - MET Solved Paper-1999

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    If a dry wooden stakes driven into a small crack in a rock and then soaked, can develop enough pressure to split the rock. Such pressure is built up through the phenomenon of

    A)  plasmolysis       

    B)  imbibition

    C)  deplasmolysis 

    D)  none of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Imbibition the wooden stakes swell up and cause considerable pressure that can split the rock.


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