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1.	You have purchased a coconut in the market. By shaking it you found there is less water in coconut. Can you fill the coconut with water without making a hole to the coconut?
Answer» No, it is not possible to fill the coconut with water without making a hole. The husk of coconut is mostly made up of sclerenchymatous cells which are dead. Osmosis do not takes place in dead cells. It is not possible to fill the coconut with water without making a hole.

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