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A non biology person is quite shocked to know that apple is a false fruit, mango is a true fruit and banana is a seedless fruit. As a biology student how would you satisfy this person?

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Fruits that are mature ovaries of flowers are called “true fruits”, and fruits that develop from other floral parts of plants are called “false fruits”. For example, in an apple, the thalamus produces the fleshy edible part; thus, an apple is a false fruit. Mango, on the other hand, develops from the ovary of the flower; thus, it is a true fruit.

Fruits that develop without fertilisation are called parthenocarpic fruits. Since no fertilisation takes place, such fruits are seedless. Banana is an example of a seedless fruit.

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अध्याय 2: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - VALUE BASED QUESTIONS [पृष्ठ ६८]

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नूतन Biology [English] Class 12 ISC
अध्याय 2 Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
VALUE BASED QUESTIONS | Q 1. | पृष्ठ ६८

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Some organisms suspend their metabolic activities to survive in unfavourable conditions. Explain with the help of any four examples.


Describe the development of endosperm after double fertilisation in an angiosperm.


Draw a labelled mature stage of a dicotyledonous embryo.


Why does endosperm development preceeds that of zygote ?


Describe the development of an endosperm in a viable seed. Why does endosperm development precedes embryo development?


______ is the first cell of female gametophytic generation in angiosperms.


Identify the CORRECT statement/s from the following.

i. In post-fertilization changes within the ovule, the development of embryo is followed by the development of endosperm.

ii. Helobial endosperm is intermediate between cellular and nuclear type endosperm.

iii. Helobial endosperm is mostly observed in 72 families of dicots.


At what stage of endosperm development, will you observe nuclear or cellular type of endosperm?


A diploid female plant and a tetraploid male plant are crossed. The ploidy of endosperm shall be ______.


In angiosperms, triple fusion is required for the formation of ______.


The endosperm of gymnosperms is ______.


Indentify the wrong statement regarding post-fertilisation development.


If the endosperm cell of an angiosperm contains 24 chromosomes, the number of chromosomes in the root tip cells will be ______.


The coconut water from tender coconut is ______


Which of the following statements are true related to Seed X and Y?

SEED X SEED Y
  1. Seed X is dicot and endospermic or albuminous.
  2. Seed X is dicot and non-endospermic or non-albuminous.
  3. Seed Y is a monocot and endospermic or albuminous.
  4. Seed Y is a monocot and non-endospermic or non-albuminous.

Choose the correct option with the respect to the nature of the seed.


Why does the zygote begin to divide only after the division of Primary endosperm cell (PEC)?


The type of evolution where the central part is occupied by free nuclear and the peripheral part by cells is observed in ______.


The number of chromosomes in the leaf cells of a male plant is 40 and in the stem cells of a female plant is 60. If they are artificially hybridised, what will be the number of chromosomes in the endosperm?


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