These questions consist of two statements each, printed as Statement-I and Statement-II. While answering these questions, you are required to choose any one of the following four responses.
Statement-I: Filtrate is hypertonic in the descending limb of Henle's loop.
Statement-II: Descending limb is impermeable to water.
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(c) As the filtrate flows through the descending limb, water is reabsorbed due to increasing osmolarity of the interstitial fluid. 
and other solutes are not absorbed here due to their impermeability and thus filtrate becomes hypertonic to blood plasma.
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