NEET 2022 · Class 12

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

[DIAGRAM: A cross-section of a false fruit, likely apple, showing the outer fleshy thalamus, inner fruit wall layers, and central seed-containing core labeled A, B, C, and D.] Which part of the fruit, labelled in the given figure makes it a false fruit?

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

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 apple, the thalamus contributes to fruit formation, making it a false fruit, which directly matches the MCQ's correct answer that the thalamus (labeled C) makes it a false fruit.

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