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Q1. [1]
While washing dirty clothes by soap, micelles are formed. Select the correct statement about micelles.
  1. (A) The hydrophobic tail of the soap molecule is in the interior of the cluster, whereas hydrophilic end is on the surface of the cluster.
  2. (B) The hydrophobic tail is on the surface of the cluster, whereas hydrophilic end is in the interior of cluster.
  3. (C) Both hydrophobic tail and hydrophilic end are in the interior of the cluster.
  4. (D) Both hydrophobic tail and hydrophilic end are on the surface of the cluster.
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Model Answer

(A) The hydrophobic tail of the soap molecule is in the interior of the cluster, whereas hydrophilic end is on the surface of the cluster.

Explanation

The textbook clearly states: "clusters of molecules in which the hydrophobic tails are in the interior of the cluster and the ionic ends are on the surface of the cluster" — this is the definition of a micelle. The hydrophobic tail avoids water by pointing inward; the ionic (hydrophilic) end faces the water outside. Option (A) matches this exactly.

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