Uttarakhand PMT Uttarakhand PMT Solved Paper-2008

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    Which of the following is a wheat fruit?

    A)  Achene        

    B)  Cypsella

    C)  Caryopsis      

    D)  Endosperm

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Caryopsis is a fruit of family-Gramineae eg, Wheat. Caryopsis fruit is characterised by fused fruit and seed wall. Cypsella is a fruit of family-Compositae eg Sunflower. Achene are simple, dry, single seeded an- indehiscent fruit and dry pericarp is free from single seed except at one point eg, Mirabilis. Endosperm is a triploid nutritive structure of angiospermic seeds.


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