Question

Assertion (A) Fruit is the mature or ripened ovary developed after fertilisation.
Reason (R) Parthenocarpic fruit is formed without fertilisation of the ovary.

• A. If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
• B. If both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
• C. If A is true, but R is false
• D. If A is false, but R is true

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
True fruit or eucarp is a ripened ovary, which develops under the influence of ripening ovules and is meant for protecting the seeds. It consists of a pericarp formed from the wall of ovary and seeds developed from ovules.
A fruit, in which other floral parts like thalamus, base of sepals, petals, etc., fuse with the pericarp is called false fruit or accessory fruit or pseudocarp, e.g. apple, mulberry and strawberry, etc. A fruit formed without fertilisation, i.e. seedless fruit is called parthenocarpic fruit, e.g. banana.