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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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 |
 74%
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NEET - 2014
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An aggregate fruit is one which develops from

(1) multicarpellary syncarpous gynoecium

(2) multicarpellary apocarpus gynoecium

(3) complete inflorescence

(4) multicarpellary superior ovary

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NEET - 2014
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How many plants in the list given below have composite fruits that develop from an inflorescence?

Walnut, poppy, radish, fig, pineapple, apple, tomato, mulberry

(1) Four

(2) Five

(3) Two

(4) Three

Subtopic:  Fruits & their Types |
NEET - 2012
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A drupe develops in

(1) wheat

(2) pea

(3) tomato

(4) mango

Subtopic:  Fruits & their Types |
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NEET - 2011
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A fruit developed from hypanthodium inflorescence is called

(1) hesperidium

(2) sorosis 

(3) syconus 

(4) caryopsis

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NEET - 2009
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The fleshy receptacle of synconous of fig encloses a number of

(1) achenes

(2) samaras

(3) berries

(4) mericarps

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NEET - 2008
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The fruit is chambered, developed from inferior ovary and has seeds with succulent testa in

(1) pomegranate

(2) orange

(3) guava

(4) cucumber

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NEET - 2008
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Pineapple (annanas) fruit develops from:

(1) a unilocular polycarpillary flower

(2) a multipistillate syncarpous flower

(3) a cluster of compactly borne flowers on a common axis

(4) a multilocular monocarpillary flower

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 56%
NEET - 2006
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In which of the following fruits is the edible part the aril?

(1) Custard apple

(2) pomegranate

(3) Orange

(4) Litchi

Subtopic:  Fruits & their Types |
 69%
NEET - 2006
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