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Wooden doors swell up and get stuck during the rainy season. This is due to the phenomenon of
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Options:
  • A imbibition
  • B endosmosis
  • C capillarity
  • D deplasmolysis.
Solution:
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The correct answer is: imbibition
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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