NEET
Botany

Fruits Their Types

Low Priority
Consistency: 30%
Weightage: 6 / 20 Yrs

High-Yield Trend

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2011
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Questions
9 MCQs

01
PYQ 2006
medium
botany ID: neet-200

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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02
PYQ 2006
medium
botany ID: neet-200

In which of the following fruits is the edible part the aril?

1. Custard apple

2. Pomegranate

3. Orange

4. Litchi

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03
PYQ 2008
medium
botany ID: neet-200
The fleshy receptacle of the syconus of fig encloses several:

1. achenes

2. samaras

3. berries

4. mericarps

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04
PYQ 2008
medium
botany ID: neet-200
The fruit is chambered, developed from an inferior ovary, and has seeds with succulent testa in:

1. pomegranate

2. orange

3. guava

4. cucumber

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05
PYQ 2009
easy
botany ID: neet-200

Cotyledons and testa are edible parts of:

1. groundnut and pomegranate

2. walnut and tamarind

3. french bean and coconut

4. cashew nut and litchi

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06
PYQ 2009
medium
botany ID: neet-200

A fruit developed from hypanthodium inflorescences is called:

1. hesperidium

2. sorosis

3. syconus

4. caryopsis

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07
PYQ 2011
easy
botany ID: neet-201
A drupe develops in:
1. wheat
2. pea
3. tomato
4. mango
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PYQ 2017
easy
botany ID: neet-201

Coconut fruit is a:

1. Berry 2. Nut
3. Capsule 4. Drupe
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PYQ 2020
easy
botany ID: neet-202

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

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Preparing Fruits Their Types for NEET

Fruits Their Types is a specific sub-topic that frequently appears in the NEET examination. Understanding the underlying principles and practicing targeted questions is key to mastering this concept.

The questions compiled above are previous year questions (PYQs) directly related to Fruits Their Types. Practicing these specific questions helps you understand the difficulty level and the examiner's approach to this topic.

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