1. After fertilization
a) Ovule develops into seed
b) Ovary matures to fruit
c) Ovary wall changes to fruit wall
d) All of these
Explanation: All of these
2. Arrangement of ovules within the ovary is known as
a) Placentation
b) Aestivation
c) Fragmentation
d) Hibernation
Explanation: Arrangement of ovules within the ovary is known as Placentation.
3. Match the column:
Column I – Column II
A. Marginal – 1. Pea
B. Parietal – 2. Mustard and argemone
C. Axile – 3. Dianthus and primrose
D. Central and free central – 4. China rose, tomato, lemon
E. Basal – 5. Sunflower and marigold
a) A‒1, B‒2, C‒4, D‒3, E‒5
b) A‒2, B‒1, C‒3, D‒4, E‒5
c) A‒4, B‒1, C‒3, D‒5, E‒4
d) A‒5, B‒2, C‒4, D‒2, E‒3
Explanation: A‒1, B‒2, C‒4, D‒3, E‒5
4. Ovary is one-chambered but it becomes two chambered due to the formation of false septum
is found in
a) Argemone and mustard
b) Dianthus and primrose
c) Rose and tomato
d) Pea
Explanation: Argemone and mustard
5. A placentation in which ovule are born on central axis and septa are absent, is found in
a) Argemone and mustard
b) Dianthus and primrose
c) Rose and tomato
d) Pea
Explanation: Dianthus and primrose
6. A placentation, in which placenta develops at the base of ovary and a single ovule is attached,
is found in
a) Argemone and mustard
b) Dianthus and primrose
c) Rose and tomato
d) Sunflower and marigold
Explanation: Sunflower and marigold
7. Fruit is
a) The resultant ripened ovary
b) Formed generally after fertilization
c) A characteristic feature of flowing plant
d) All of these
Explanation: All of these
8. What is the name of the pericarp when it is thick and fleshy?
a) Epicarp
b) Mesocarp
c) Endocarp
d) All of these
Explanation: All of these
9. In which fruit the mesocarp is fibrous?
a) Mango
b) Coconut
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
Explanation: Coconut
10. Which is the edible part in mango?
a) Thin epicarp
b) Fleshy mesocarp
c) Stony hard endocarp
d) All of these
Explanation: Fleshy mesocarp