NEET Botany
Fruits Their Types
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Weightage: 6 / 20 Yrs
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2011 2
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2008 2
2006 Questions 9 MCQs
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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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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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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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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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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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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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PYQ 2011
easy
botany ID: neet-201
A drupe develops in:
1. wheat
2. pea
3. tomato
4. mango
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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