BHU PMT BHU PMT (Screening) Solved Paper-2010

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

    A)  pomegranate                  

    B)  orange

    C)  guava                                  

    D)  cucumber

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                     Balausta is special type of false or pseudocarpic berry develops from multilocular, syncarpous inferior ovary. The whole fruit is enclosed by hard rind made up of exocarp (epicarp fused with thalamus) and part of mesocarp. Plate-like in foldings are developed by mesocarp. The papery endocarp covers the individual group of seeds. The seeds possess bright red juicy testa that form edible part of fruit, eg, pomegranate.


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