NEET 2024 Re · Class 12

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

[DIAGRAM: A cross-section of a strawberry false fruit showing a fleshy enlarged receptacle with an arrow marked 'x' pointing to the thalamus.] The part marked as 'x' in the given figure is

  1. (A)Endosperm
  2. (B)Thalamus
  3. (C)Endocarp
  4. (D)Mesocarp

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

However, in a few species such as apple, strawberry, cashew, etc., the thalamus also contributes to fruit formation.

Chapter
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Section
1.4.3 Seed
Page
19
Words matched
26 of 26

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that in strawberry, the thalamus contributes to fruit formation, which directly identifies the part marked 'x' in the strawberry false fruit diagram as the thalamus.

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