Question

Sugar dissolves in water to form sugar solution. Name the solvent.
A) Sugar
B) Water
C) Sugar-water
D) None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: In the given question the sugar solution is formed by dissolving sugar in water. We should have the idea of what the solution is, then we can easily select the appropriate answer. Solution is formed when solute is dissolved in a solvent.

Complete answer:
The solution in the question is a sugar solution in which the solute is sugar and solvent is water. Solvent is generally being in large quantity and solute is in lesser quantity. The size of the solute is small and it can easily fit in between the solvent molecules making the solution homogeneous.
True solution is the homogeneous solution in which all components dissolved in it.
True solution is the solution in which the light does not scatter, when light passes through the true solution. The particle size of solute is one nanometer. The suspension and colloids are different as the particle is different and larger than that of the true-solution. The solution gets saturated if the solute stops dissolving in it, as all the empty space is occupied by the molecules of solute.
So the correct answer is water, it is used as the universal solvent, used to dissolve n-number of solute to make different types of solvent.

Hence the correct answer is (B).

Note: There are three major categories in which the solution can be classified that is true solution, colloid, and suspension on the basis of the size of the solute. The true solution is divided into two categories: one is saturated and the other is an unsaturated solution.
It is based on the amount of solute dissolved in the solvent.