A drupe develops in

(1) wheat

(2) pea

(3) tomato

(4) mango

Subtopic:  Fruits & their Types |
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Coconut fruit is a

1. drupe

2. berry

3. nut

4. capsule

Subtopic:  Fruits & their Types |
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NEET - 2017
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Select the correct statement with respect to mango and coconut

1. They develop from monocarpellary superior ovaries.

2. They develop from monocarpellary inferior ovaries.

3. They have fibrous epicarp.

4. They have fleshy edible mesocarp.

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Drupes are also called as stone fruits because

1.  The seeds are stone like 

2.  Endocarp is always hard and stony

3.  Pericarp is undifferentiated and sclerified

4.  The mesocarp is edible in most fruits 

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Identify the correct features of Mango and Coconut fruits.

(i) In both, fruit is a drupe
(ii) Endocarp is edible in both
(iii) Mesocarp in Coconut is fibrous, and in Mango, it is fleshy
(iv) In both, the fruit develops from the monocarpellary ovary


Select the correct option from below:

1. (i), (iii) and (iv) only

2. (i), (ii) and (iii) only

3. (i) and (iv) only

4. (i) and (ii) only 

Subtopic:  Fruits & their Types |
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NEET - 2020
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Which of the features given below are correct for coconut fruit?

a.  Developed from monocarpellary ovary

b.  Fibrous mesocarp

c.  Formed from inferior ovary

d.  Hard stony endocarp

e.  Edible mesocarp

1.  a, c & d

2.  c, d & e

3.  b, c & d

4.  a, b & d

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Coconut's husk fibre, coir of commerce is extracted from

1. epicarp

2. mesocarp

3.endocarp

4. all of these

Subtopic:  Fruits & their Types |
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Match the Column-I with Column-II and choose the correct answers:

Column-I Column-II
A. Coleorrhiza
B. Food storing tissue
C. Parthenocarpic fruit
D.Single seeded fruit
developing from
monocarpellary
superior ovary
E. Membranous
seed coat
i. Grapes
ii. Mango
iii. Maize
iv. Radicle
v. Endosperm

1. A - iii, B - i, C - iv, D - ii, E - v

2. A - iv, B - ii, C - v, D - i, E - iii

3. A - v,  B - i,  C - iii, D - iv, E - ii

4. A - iv, B - v, C - i, D - ii, E - iii

Subtopic:  Fruits & their Types | Seed |
 84%
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Which one of the following statements is correct?

1. The seed in grasses is not endospermic

2. Mango is a parthenocarpic fruit

3. A proteinaceous aleurone layer is present in maize grain

4. A sterile pistil is called a staminode

Subtopic:  Fruits & their Types | Seed |
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NEET - 2014
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Match the following columns.

Column I Column II
A. Aleurone layer i. Nutrition
B. Parthenocarpic fruit ii. Without fertilization
C. Ovule iii. Seed
D. Endosperm iv. Double fertilization

Codes:

A B C D
1. i ii iii iv
2. ii i iv iii
3. iv ii i iii
4. ii iv i iii
Subtopic:  Fruits & their Types | Seed |
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