Colligative properties depend on:
- Mass of solute only
- Temperature only
- Nature of solute
- NUMBER of solute particles, not their nature
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Correct answer: D. NUMBER of solute particles, not their nature
Colligative properties (BP elevation, FP depression, osmotic pressure, vapour pressure lowering) depend only on the NUMBER of dissolved particles per unit solvent, not the chemical identity.
(Ionic solutes give more particles via dissociation.)