The Fruit — NEET Biology MCQs with Solutions
Free NEET Biology The Fruit MCQs with step-by-step solutions (6 questions). Part of Morphology of Flowering Plants. Practise online on Prepizo — no login needed.
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Questions with solutions
Q1 — The Fruit · easy · theory
A true fruit develops from the ______ after fertilisation:
A. Whole flower
B. Ovary ✓ Correct
C. Thalamus only
D. Ovule
Solution: A fruit is the matured ovary; it usually has a pericarp (fruit wall) and seeds.
Q2 — The Fruit · easy · theory
A fruit that develops WITHOUT fertilisation (seedless, e.g. banana) is:
A. A pome
B. Parthenocarpic ✓ Correct
C. A false fruit
D. A drupe
Solution: Parthenocarpic fruits (e.g. banana) form without fertilisation and are seedless.
Q3 — The Fruit · medium · theory
In a drupe (mango, coconut), the stony hard part enclosing the seed is the:
A. Mesocarp
B. Thalamus
C. Epicarp
D. Endocarp ✓ Correct
Solution: A drupe has an outer epicarp, fleshy mesocarp, and a hard stony endocarp around the seed.
Q4 — The Fruit · medium · theory
Apple is called a FALSE fruit because the fleshy edible part develops from the:
A. Seed
B. Thalamus (not the ovary) ✓ Correct
C. Ovary wall
D. Endocarp
Solution: In apple the thalamus becomes fleshy, so it is a false fruit (accessory fruit).
Q5 — The Fruit · hard · theory
In the coconut drupe, the fibrous husk (coir) corresponds to the ______ and the edible white kernel is the ______:
A. Seed coat; cotyledon
B. Epicarp; embryo
C. Endocarp; mesocarp
D. Mesocarp; endosperm ✓ Correct
Solution: The coir is the fibrous mesocarp; the white kernel/water is the endosperm inside the stony endocarp.
Q6 — The Fruit · hard · theory
Which correctly matches fruit type with example?
A. Pome — pea; Legume — apple
B. Legume — pea; Drupe — mango; Pome — apple ✓ Correct
C. Caryopsis — mango
D. Berry — mango; Drupe — apple
Solution: Pea = legume, mango = drupe, apple = pome; a grain (wheat) is a caryopsis, tomato a berry.