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Q1NEET 2021
Diadelphous stamens are found in :
Not quite — the answer is C.
In pea the ten stamens form two bundles (nine fused plus one free), so they are diadelphous. China rose has monadelphous stamens (one bundle) and citrus has polyadelphous stamens (many bundles).
Q2NEET 2020 · Q3
The roots that originate from the base of the stem are:
Not quite — the answer is A.
In monocots the primary root is short-lived and is replaced by many roots that arise from the base of the stem, forming the fibrous root system. Prop roots are adventitious roots that hang down from the branches (as in banyan), not from the stem base.
Q3NEET 2020 · Q20
Ray florets have:
Not quite — the answer is A.
Ray florets of sunflower (Asteraceae) are epigynous: the ovary is fused with the thalamus and the other floral parts arise above it, so the ovary is inferior. Superior (hypogynous) or half-inferior ovaries are not found in this family.
Q4NEET 2020 · Q58
The ovary is half inferior in:
Not quite — the answer is D.
In perigynous flowers such as plum, rose and peach the floral parts arise at the rim of the thalamus at about the level of the ovary, so the ovary is called half inferior. Brinjal and mustard have superior ovaries and sunflower an inferior ovary.
Q5NEET 2019 · Q138
Placentation, in which ovules develop on the inner wall of the ovary or in peripheral part, is :
Not quite — the answer is C.
In parietal placentation (e.g. mustard, Argemone) ovules develop on the inner wall of the ovary or its peripheral part. In axile placentation ovules sit on a central axis in a multilocular ovary, and in free central they sit on a central axis without septa.
Q6NEET 2018 · Q126
Pneumatophores occur in
Not quite — the answer is C.
Pneumatophores are negatively geotropic respiratory roots of mangroves such as Rhizophora, which are halophytes growing in waterlogged saline swamps where the soil is poor in oxygen. Hydrophytes take oxygen directly from the water or air and do not need them.
Q7NEET 2018 · Q129
Sweet potato is a modified
Not quite — the answer is B.
The edible part of sweet potato is a swollen adventitious root that stores food. It is not a stem or rhizome, unlike potato (a stem tuber), and it is not a tap root like carrot or radish.
Q8NEET 2017 · Q58
In Bougainvillea thorns are the modifications of:
Not quite — the answer is C.
Thorns of Bougainvillea arise from axillary buds, which marks them as modified stems. Spines of cacti are modified leaves, and stipules can also form spines, but neither applies to Bougainvillea.
Q9NEET 2017 · Q63
The morphological nature of the edible part of coconut is:
Not quite — the answer is C.
The edible white kernel and the coconut water are the endosperm (cellular and free-nuclear respectively). The pericarp of the drupe forms the outer fibrous husk and hard shell, which is not eaten.
Q10NEET 2017 · Q113
Root hairs develop from the region of:
Not quite — the answer is A.
Cells of the region of elongation gradually differentiate in the region of maturation, and some epidermal cells there form root hairs. The region of elongation is mainly responsible for growth in length, and the root cap only protects the tip.
Q11NEET 2017 · Q116
Plants which produce characteristic pneumatophores and show vivipary belong to:
Not quite — the answer is B.
Mangroves such as Rhizophora are halophytes of salty swamps; they bear negatively geotropic breathing roots (pneumatophores) and show vivipary, seeds germinating on the parent plant. Hydrophytes are freshwater plants and psammophytes grow on sand.
Q12NEET 2017 · Q131
Coconut fruit is a:
Not quite — the answer is A.
Coconut develops from a monocarpellary superior ovary and is one-seeded, with a fibrous mesocarp and a hard stony endocarp, which makes it a drupe like mango. A berry has a fleshy pericarp throughout, and a nut has a single hard woody pericarp.
Q13NEET 2017 (Gujarati paper) · Q62
In roots, absorption of water and minerals mostly occurs in the:
Not quite — the answer is B.
The region of maturation bears root hairs, which enormously increase the absorbing surface, so most water and mineral uptake happens there. The region of elongation is mainly concerned with growth in length, and the meristematic region and root cap do not absorb significantly.
Q14NEET 2017 (Gujarati paper) · Q76
Tetradynamous stamens are characteristic of:
Not quite — the answer is D.
Tetradynamous condition, six stamens with four long and two short, is characteristic of Brassicaceae (mustard family). Fabaceae has diadelphous stamens, Solanaceae has five epipetalous stamens and Liliaceae has six stamens in two whorls.
Q15NEET 2017 (Gujarati paper) · Q107
Opposite type of phyllotaxy is not present in:
Not quite — the answer is D.
Mango has alternate phyllotaxy, with a single leaf at each node. Guava and Calotropis have opposite leaves (a pair at each node), and mint has opposite decussate leaves.
Q16NEET 2017 (Gujarati paper) · Q125
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Vegetative Propagules – Example
Not quite — the answer is D.
Agave propagates by bulbils, which are modified buds, not by stolons. Water hyacinth spreads by offsets, potato tubers sprout from their eyes (nodes), and ginger is a rhizome.
Q17NEET 2016 Phase 2 · Q97
The term 'polyadelphous' is related to
Not quite — the answer is B.
Polyadelphous describes stamens whose filaments are united into more than two bundles, as in citrus, so it is a term for the androecium. Terms for fused carpels (syncarpous) or fused petals and sepals (gamopetalous, gamosepalous) are different.
Q18NEET 2016 Phase 2 · Q99
Radial symmetry is found in the flowers of
Not quite — the answer is A.
Brassica (mustard) has actinomorphic flowers that can be cut into two equal halves along any radial plane. Trifolium and Pisum have papilionaceous zygomorphic flowers, and Cassia flowers are also zygomorphic.
Q19NEET 2016 Phase 2 · Q100
Free-central placentation is found in
Not quite — the answer is A.
In Dianthus and Primrose the ovules are borne on a central axis with no septa, which is free-central placentation. Argemone and Brassica have parietal placentation, and Citrus has axile placentation.
Q20NEET 2016 Phase 2 · Q116
Match Column-I with Column-II and select the correct option using the codes given below: Column-I: a. Pistils fused together; b. Formation of gametes; c. Hyphae of higher Ascomycetes; d. Unisexual female flower Column-II: (i) Gametogenesis; (ii) Pistillate; (iii) Syncarpous; (iv) Dikaryotic
Not quite — the answer is D.
Fused pistils make a syncarpous gynoecium, gamete formation is gametogenesis, the hyphae of higher ascomycetes and basidiomycetes are dikaryotic, and a unisexual female flower is pistillate. Only one code gives all four of these pairs.
Q21NEET 2016 Phase 1 · Q114
The standard petal of a papilionaceous corolla is also called:
Not quite — the answer is C.
In papilionaceous (vexillary) aestivation the large posterior standard petal is the vexillum, the two lateral ones are wings (alae) and the two anterior fused ones form the keel (carina). Pappus is a modified calyx of Asteraceae.
Q22NEET 2016 Phase 1 · Q115
Tricarpellary, syncarpous gynoecium is found in flowers of:
Not quite — the answer is A.
Liliaceae have a tricarpellary, syncarpous, superior ovary with axile placentation. Solanaceae is bicarpellary syncarpous, Fabaceae is monocarpellary, and Poaceae has a monocarpellary-appearing ovary.
Q23NEET 2016 Phase 1 · Q138
Which of the following is not a stem modification?
Not quite — the answer is A.
The pitcher of Nepenthes is a modified leaf (lamina) used to trap insects. Thorns of Citrus, tendrils of cucumber and the flattened phylloclade of Opuntia are all stem modifications.
Q24AIPMT 2015
Leaves become modified into spines in:
Not quite — the answer is B.
In Opuntia the leaves are reduced to spines that cut water loss, while the flattened green stem (phylloclade) does photosynthesis. Pea has leaflets modified into tendrils, onion has fleshy storage leaves and silk cotton has normal leaves with prickles on the stem.
Q25AIPMT 2015
The hilum is a scar on the:
Not quite — the answer is B.
The hilum is the scar on the seed coat where the funicle (stalk) attached the ovule to the placenta. The micropyle is a separate small pore next to the hilum, not the scar itself.
Q26AIPMT 2015
Keel is the characteristic feature of flower of:
Not quite — the answer is C.
A keel (carina) of two fused anterior petals is part of the papilionaceous corolla of Fabaceae, to which Indigofera belongs. Tomato is Solanaceae and tulip and Aloe are Liliaceae, which do not have a keel.
Q27AIPMT 2015
Perigynous flowers are found in:
Not quite — the answer is A.
In perigynous flowers the ovary is half-inferior, with sepals, petals and stamens on the rim of a cup-like thalamus, as in rose, plum and peach. Guava and cucumber are epigynous, and China rose is hypogynous.
Q28AIPMT 2015
In ginger vegetative propagation occurs through:
Not quite — the answer is B.
Ginger has an underground stem, the rhizome, with nodes and buds, and pieces of it are planted to raise new plants. Runners and offsets are creeping stems of plants like grasses and Pistia, and bulbils are seen in Agave.
Q29AIPMT 2014
An example of edible underground stem is:
Not quite — the answer is C.
Potato is a stem tuber: its 'eyes' are nodes bearing buds, which proves it is a modified underground stem. Sweet potato and carrot are modified storage roots, and groundnut is a fruit that develops underground.
Q30AIPMT 2014
Which one of the following statements is correct?
Not quite — the answer is B.
The endosperm of a maize grain is surrounded by a proteinaceous aleurone layer, so this statement is correct. Mango is not parthenocarpic, a sterile stamen (not pistil) is a staminode, and grass seeds are endospermic.
Q31AIPMT 2014
When the margins of sepals or petals overlap one another without any particular direction, the condition is termed as:
Not quite — the answer is A.
In imbricate aestivation the margins of sepals or petals overlap one another but not in any particular direction, as in Cassia and gulmohur. In twisted aestivation the overlap is regularly in one direction, valvate whorls just touch without overlapping, and vexillary is the papilionaceous arrangement of pea.
Q32AIPMT 2014
An aggregate fruit is one which develops from:
Not quite — the answer is A.
An aggregate fruit develops from a multicarpellary apocarpous (free-carpel) gynoecium, each carpel forming a fruitlet, as in Annona and strawberry. A syncarpous gynoecium gives a single simple fruit, and a whole inflorescence gives a composite (multiple) fruit.
Q33AIPMT 2014
Placenta and pericarp are both edible portions in:
Not quite — the answer is B.
Tomato is a berry in which both the fleshy pericarp and the placenta are eaten. In banana the edible part is the mesocarp and endocarp, in apple it is the fleshy thalamus, and potato is a stem tuber, not a fruit.
Q34AIPMT 2014
Non-albuminous seed is produced in:
Not quite — the answer is C.
In pea the endosperm is fully consumed by the developing embryo and food is stored in the cotyledons, so the seed is non-albuminous. Castor, wheat and maize retain endosperm in the mature seed (albuminous).
Q35NEET 2013
In china rose the flowers are
Not quite — the answer is A.
China rose (Hibiscus, Malvaceae) has radially symmetrical (actinomorphic) flowers with a superior ovary (hypogynous) and twisted aestivation of petals. It is neither zygomorphic nor epigynous, and its corolla aestivation is not valvate.
Q36AIPMT 2012 Mains
How many plants in the list given below have marginal placentation? Mustard, Gram, Tulip, Asparagus, Arhar, Sun hemp, Chilli, Colchicum, Onion, Moong, Pea, Tobacco, Lupin
Not quite — the answer is C.
Marginal placentation is typical of the monocarpellary ovary of Fabaceae: gram, arhar, sun hemp, moong, pea and lupin, which makes six. Mustard has parietal placentation and tulip, asparagus, colchicum, onion, chilli and tobacco have axile placentation.
Q37AIPMT 2012 Prelims
How many plants in the list given below have composite fruits that develop from an inflorescence? Walnut, poppy, radish, fig, pineapple, apple, tomato, mulberry.
Not quite — the answer is A.
Composite (multiple) fruits develop from a whole inflorescence: fig (syconus), pineapple (sorosis) and mulberry (sorosis), which makes three. Walnut, poppy, radish, apple and tomato develop from a single flower.
Q38AIPMT 2012 Prelims
The gynoecium consists of many free pistils in flowers of
Not quite — the answer is A.
Michelia has a multicarpellary apocarpous gynoecium, with many free pistils on an elongated thalamus. Papaver, tomato and Aloe have syncarpous ovaries with fused carpels.
Q39AIPMT 2012 Prelims
Phyllode is present in
Not quite — the answer is D.
In Australian Acacia the petiole becomes flat, green and leaf-like (a phyllode) and takes over photosynthesis. Opuntia has a phylloclade (flattened stem), Asparagus has cladodes, and Euphorbia has a fleshy stem.
Q40AIPMT 2012 Prelims
Vexillary aestivation is characteristic of the family
Not quite — the answer is B.
Vexillary (papilionaceous) aestivation, with a large standard petal overlapping two wings that overlap the keel, is characteristic of Fabaceae such as pea and bean. Brassicaceae, Asteraceae and Solanaceae show other types.
Q41AIPMT 2012 Prelims
Cymose inflorescence is present in
Not quite — the answer is B.
Solanum (Solanaceae) bears a cymose inflorescence, where the main axis ends in a flower. Brassica, Sesbania and Trifolium have racemose inflorescences with indefinite growth of the main axis.
Q42AIPMT 2012 Prelims
Which one of the following is correctly matched ?
Not quite — the answer is B.
Onion is a bulb, an underground stem with fleshy scale leaves. Ginger is a rhizome, yeast reproduces by budding, and Chlamydomonas forms zoospores; conidia are formed by Penicillium.
Q43AIPMT 2012 Prelims
Placentation in tomato and lemon is
Not quite — the answer is A.
Tomato and lemon have axile placentation: a multilocular ovary with ovules attached to the central axis. Parietal placentation is seen in mustard, free central in Dianthus and marginal in pea.
Q44AIPMT 2011 Mains
Whorled simple leaves with reticulate venation are present in
Not quite — the answer is B.
Alstonia has whorled phyllotaxy (more than two leaves at a node) with simple leaves showing reticulate venation. China rose has alternate phyllotaxy, Calotropis opposite phyllotaxy, and neem has pinnately compound leaves.
Q45AIPMT 2011 Mains
Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched while the remaining three are correct?
Not quite — the answer is D.
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia) propagates vegetatively by offsets, not runners, so this pair is wrongly matched. Bryophyllum forms buds on leaf margins, Agave forms bulbils and Penicillium reproduces by conidia.
Q46AIPMT 2011 Mains
Sweet potato is homologous to
Not quite — the answer is B.
Sweet potato is a modified (adventitious) root swollen with food, and turnip is also a modified root, so the two are homologous. Ginger and potato are modified stems (rhizome and tuber) and Colocasia has a corm, so they are only analogous to sweet potato.
Q47AIPMT 2011 Prelims
The "eyes" of the potato tuber are
Not quite — the answer is A.
The potato tuber is an underground stem, and each 'eye' is a node carrying an axillary bud in the axil of a scale leaf. These buds sprout into new shoots, which is why potato pieces with eyes are used for propagation. They are not root buds, since roots do not form tubers with nodes.
Q48AIPMT 2011 Prelims
Which one of the following statements is correct?
Not quite — the answer is A.
A flower is a modified shoot in which the axis is condensed and the floral parts are modified leaves, and the tulip flower is no exception. Tomato fruit is a berry, orchid seeds are minute and lack endosperm, and primrose shows free central placentation, not basal.
Q49AIPMT 2011 Prelims
A drupe develops in
Not quite — the answer is B.
A drupe develops from a monocarpellary superior ovary and has a stony endocarp, as in mango and coconut. Tomato is a berry, wheat is a caryopsis and pea is a legume.
Q50AIPMT 2011 Prelims
The ovary is half inferior in flowers of
Not quite — the answer is B.
In perigynous flowers such as peach, plum and rose, the thalamus forms a cup around the ovary at about its level, so the ovary is described as half inferior. Guava and cucumber have epigynous flowers with an inferior ovary, and cotton has a superior ovary.
Q51AIPMT 2011 Prelims
Flowers are zygomorphic in
Not quite — the answer is C.
Gulmohur (and Cassia) have zygomorphic flowers, which can be divided into two equal halves in only one plane. Datura, mustard and tomato have actinomorphic flowers that can be divided into equal halves in any radial plane.
Q52AIPMT 2010 Mains · Q7
Which one of the following is a xerophytic plant in which the stem is modified into the flat green and succulent structure?
Not quite — the answer is A.
Opuntia is a desert plant whose stem is flattened, green, fleshy and photosynthetic (a phylloclade), while its leaves are reduced to spines. Hydrilla is an aquatic plant, and Acacia and Casuarina do not have succulent flattened stems.
Q53AIPMT 2010 Mains · Q47
Consider the following four statements A, B, C and D and select the right option for two correct statements. Statements (A) In vexillary aestivation, the large posterior petal is called standard, two lateral ones are wings and two small anterior petals are termed keel (B) The floral formula for Liliaceae is ⊕ ⚥ P₃₊₃ A₃₊₃ + G̲₃ (C) In pea flower the stamens are monadelphous (D) The floral formula for Solanaceae is ⊕ ⚥ K₍₃₎ C₍₃₎ A₍₄₎ + G̲₍₂₎ The correct statements are
Not quite — the answer is B.
Statement A describes vexillary aestivation correctly, and B gives the Liliaceae formula (actinomorphic, bisexual, 3+3 tepals, 3+3 stamens, tricarpellary superior ovary). Pea stamens are diadelphous (9 + 1), not monadelphous, and Solanaceae has five fused sepals, five fused petals and five stamens, not 3, 3 and 4.
Q54AIPMT 2010 Mains · Q57
Vegetative propagation in Pistia occurs by
Not quite — the answer is B.
In aquatic plants like Pistia and Eichhornia, a short lateral branch with one internode grows out and bears a rosette of leaves and a tuft of roots at its tip; this is an offset, and it separates to form a new plant. Runners and stolons are longer creeping branches of land plants such as grasses and strawberry.
Q55AIPMT 2010 Prelims · Q129
The scutellum observed in a grain of wheat or maize is comparable to which part of the seed in other monocotyledons?
Not quite — the answer is B.
In grasses, the single large shield-shaped cotyledon of the embryo is called the scutellum. It sits next to the endosperm and absorbs food from it, but it is not part of the endosperm or the aleurone layer.
Q56AIPMT 2010 Prelims · Q134
In unilocular ovary with a single ovule the placentation is
Not quite — the answer is C.
In basal placentation, the placenta is at the base of a one-chambered ovary and carries a single ovule, as in sunflower and marigold. Free central placentation also has a unilocular ovary, but its ovules are many and sit on a central axis.
Q57AIPMT 2010 Prelims · Q136
The technical term used for the androecium in a flower of China rose (Hibiscus rosasinensis) is
Not quite — the answer is B.
In China rose, the filaments of all stamens fuse into one bundle, the staminal tube, around the style. This is the monadelphous condition. Diadelphous (two bundles) is seen in pea, and polyadelphous (many bundles) in citrus.
Q58AIPMT 2010 Prelims · Q137
Ovary is half-inferior in the flowers of
Not quite — the answer is C.
In plum and rose, the flower is perigynous: the thalamus forms a cup at the level of the ovary, so the ovary is called half-inferior. Cucumber and guava are epigynous with inferior ovaries, and brinjal is hypogynous with a superior ovary.
Q59AIPMT 2010 Prelims · Q139
Keel is characteristic of the flowers of
Not quite — the answer is A.
Bean belongs to Fabaceae, which has papilionaceous corolla with a large standard, two wings and two anterior petals fused into a keel. Gulmohur and Cassia have imbricate ascending (non-papilionaceous) corolla, so they lack a true keel.
Q60AIPMT 2009 Prelims · Q56
The floral formula ⊕ ⚥ K₍₅₎ C₍₅₎ A₅ G₍₂₎ is that of:
Not quite — the answer is C.
The formula shows an actinomorphic bisexual flower with five fused sepals, five fused petals, five epipetalous stamens and a bicarpellary syncarpous superior ovary, which is the Solanaceae formula (tobacco). Soybean and sunnhemp (Fabaceae) are zygomorphic with a monocarpellary pistil, and tulip (Liliaceae) has a trimerous perianth.
Q61AIPMT 2009 Prelims · Q66
A fruit developed from hypanthodium inflorescence is called:
Not quite — the answer is B.
A hypanthodium (as in fig) is a hollow fleshy receptacle with tiny flowers inside, and the composite fruit formed from it is a syconus. Sorosis develops from a spike or spadix (mulberry, pineapple), while caryopsis and hesperidium are simple fruits.
Q62AIPMT 2009 Prelims · Q105
An example of axile placentation is:
Not quite — the answer is B.
In lemon (like china rose and tomato) the ovules are attached to a central axis in a multilocular ovary, which is axile placentation. Dianthus has free central, Argemone parietal and marigold (sunflower family) basal placentation.
Q63AIPMT 2009 Prelims · Q122
Vegetative propagation in mint occurs by:
Not quite — the answer is C.
Mint propagates by suckers: lateral branches arise from the underground base of the stem, grow horizontally under the soil and then turn upward to form new leafy shoots. Runners are found in grasses and Oxalis, and offsets in aquatic plants like Pistia and Eichhornia.
Q64AIPMT 2009 Prelims · Q124
Cotyledons and testa respectively are edible parts in:
Not quite — the answer is D.
In groundnut we eat the fleshy cotyledons of the seed, and in pomegranate the juicy outer seed coat (testa). In litchi the edible part is the aril and in coconut it is the endosperm, so those pairs fail.
Q65AIPMT 2009 Prelims · Q146
An example of a seed with endosperm, perisperm, and caruncle is:
Not quite — the answer is C.
Castor seed is endospermic and has a caruncle, a spongy outgrowth near the micropyle; a thin remnant of nucellus (perisperm) is also reported. Cotton seeds bear hairs, not a caruncle.
Q66AIPMT 2008 Prelims · Q129
The fruit is chambered, developed from inferior ovary and has seeds with succulent testa in
Not quite — the answer is B.
Pomegranate (balausta) develops from an inferior ovary, is divided into chambers, and its edible part is the juicy outer seed coat (testa). In orange the edible part is juicy hairs from the endocarp, and orange develops from a superior ovary.
Q67AIPMT 2008 Prelims · Q132
Dry indehiscent single-seeded fruit formed from bicarpellary syncarpous inferior ovary is
Not quite — the answer is C.
A cypsela, as in sunflower and other Asteraceae, is a dry, one-seeded indehiscent fruit from a bicarpellary, syncarpous, inferior ovary. A cremocarp splits into two mericarps, and a caryopsis comes from a monocarpellary superior ovary.
Q68AIPMT 2008 Prelims · Q141
Replum is present in the ovary of flower of
Not quite — the answer is C.
In mustard (Brassicaceae) the ovary is bicarpellary with parietal placentation and becomes two-chambered by a false septum called the replum. Pea has a monocarpellary ovary with marginal placentation and no replum.
Q69AIPMT 2008 Prelims · Q142
The fleshy receptacle of syconus of fig encloses a number of
Not quite — the answer is B.
The fig syconus is a composite fruit: a hollow fleshy receptacle encloses many tiny achene-like fruitlets formed from the female flowers. Mericarps are parts of a schizocarpic fruit like a cremocarp, not the fruitlets of a fig.
Q70AIPMT 2006 Prelims · Q102
Pineapple (annanas) fruit develops from :
Not quite — the answer is C.
Pineapple is a composite (multiple) fruit called sorosis, formed from a whole inflorescence of many flowers borne compactly on a common axis. A multipistillate syncarpous flower is not correct because the fruit comes from many flowers, not one flower.
Q71AIPMT 2006 Prelims · Q111
In which of the following fruits is the edible part the aril ?
Not quite — the answer is D.
In litchi the juicy white edible part is a fleshy aril, an outgrowth around the seed. In pomegranate the edible part is the juicy outer seed coat (testa), and in orange it is juicy hairs on the inner fruit wall.
Q72AIPMT 2006 Prelims · Q129
What type of placentation is seen in sweet pea ?
Not quite — the answer is D.
Sweet pea (Fabaceae) has a monocarpellary ovary with ovules along one ventral suture, which is marginal placentation. Axile placentation needs a multilocular syncarpous ovary, as in tomato.
Q73AIPMT 2006 Prelims · Q143
Pentamerous, actinomorphic flowers, bicarpillary ovary with oblique septa, and fruit a capsule or berry, are characteristic features of :
Not quite — the answer is C.
Solanaceae has pentamerous, actinomorphic flowers and a bicarpellary syncarpous ovary placed obliquely, with a capsule or berry fruit. Brassicaceae is tetramerous, and Liliaceae is trimerous with a tricarpellary ovary.
Q74AIPMT 2005 Prelims · Q156
Which of the following represents the edible part of the fruit of litchi ?
Not quite — the answer is C.
The juicy white flesh of litchi is an aril, a fleshy outgrowth of the seed, not part of the fruit wall. The pericarp is the inedible rough outer rind.
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