NAME: ____________________________________
1. Which of the following is an example of the
fruit type Achene? (a) cherry
(b) pineapple
(c) mustard
(d) sunflower
2. An example of dry indehiscent fruit is a ____
(a) pod (b) caryopsis (c) follicle (d) capsule
3. The fruit of Ficus is a/an _____(a) sorosis
(b) syconus
(c) aggregate (d) cypsela
4. Mango is a drupe in which the mesocarp is
_____ (a) fibrous
(b) stony hard
(c) thin and fleshy (d) fleshy and edible
5. Banana is a _____(a) cremocarp (b) drupe
(c) parthenocarpic berry (d) capsule
6. The edible part of a tomato is __________
(a) epicarp
(b) pericarp and placenta
(c) mesocarp (d) thalamus
7. The fruit of samara has a _____ pericarp.
(a) hairy (b) winged (c) woody (d) fleshy
8. Jackfruit is a multiple fruit formed from ____
(a) single ripened ovary (b) inflorescence
(c) flower with many free carpels (d) flower
with many partially fused carpels
9. The small projections on the surface of the
pineapple fruit represents persistent __
(a) styles (b) stamens (c) calyx (d) bract
10. A dry fruit that can break into several parts
each containing one seed is a _____
(a) capsule
(b) legume
(c) follicle
(d) schizocarp
11. What type of placentation is seen in sweet
pea? (a) marginal
(b) axile (c) basal
(d) parietal
12. A true fruit is formed from _____ (a) a
fertilised ovary (b) a fertilised ovary and
other floral parts (c) an unfertilized ovary
and other floral parts (d) a fertilised ovary
and calyx
13. The type of placentation found in tomato
fruits is _____ (a) parietal (b) free central
(c) axile (d) marginal
14. Which of the following is an example of a
caryopsis? (a) cashew nut (b) combretum
(c) millet (d) pea
DATE: ____________________________________
15. An example of a dehiscent fruit is ____
(a) crotalaria
(b) tomato
(c) mango
(d) orange
16. The term caryopsis is used to describe a fruit
in which the ____ (a) testa and pericarp are
separate (b) seed and endocarp are fused
(c) testa and pericarp are fused
(d) seed
coat and fruit wall are impermeable
17. A fruit formed from a single flower having
several free carpels is _____ fruit.
(a) a multiple
(b) a dry indehiscent
(c) a simple
(d) an aggregate
18. A dry indehiscent fruit containing one seed
and having a hairy pappus is described as
a/an _____
(a) caryopsis
(b) cypsela
(c) samara (d) achene
19. The pineapple fruit is best described as ____
(a) aggregate, succulent and indehiscent
(b) aggregate, succulent and dehiscent
(c) multiple, succulent and indehiscent
(d) multiple, succulent and dehiscent
20. The following are dry indehiscent fruits
EXCEPT ______ (a) achene (b) cypsela
(c) caryopsis
(d) schizocarp
21. Which of the following fruits is a capsule?
(a) mango (b) coconut (c) apple (d) okra
22. Follicle fruit usually dehisces along ____
(a) ventral suture
(b) dorsal suture
(c) both sutures
(d) only one of the sutures
23. Dry fruit that breaks up into many single
seeded parts is ____
(a) achenial
(b)
capsular
(c) schizocarpic (d) follicular
24. The indehiscent single seeded parts of
schizocarps are called ______ (a) cremocarp
(b) mericarps (c) exocarps (d) cocci
25. Fruit of groundnut is ________ while fruit of
okra is ______ (a) capsule, berry (b) pod,
capsule (c) capsule, pod (d) berry, capsule
26. Dry fruit formed from bilocular superior
ovary and dehiscing into two valves from
base to the apex is a/an _________________
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NAME: ____________________________________
1. Which of the following is an example of the
fruit type Achene? (a) cherry
(b) pineapple
(c) mustard
(d) sunflower
2. An example of dry indehiscent fruit is a ____
(a) pod (b) caryopsis (c) follicle (d) capsule
3. The fruit of Ficus is a/an _____(a) sorosis
(b) syconus
(c) aggregate (d) cypsela
4. Mango is a drupe in which the mesocarp is
_____ (a) fibrous
(b) stony hard
(c) thin and fleshy (d) fleshy and edible
5. Banana is a _____(a) cremocarp (b) drupe
(c) parthenocarpic berry (d) capsule
6. The edible part of a tomato is __________
(a) epicarp
(b) pericarp and placenta
(c) mesocarp (d) thalamus
7. The fruit of samara has a _____ pericarp.
(a) hairy (b) winged (c) woody (d) fleshy
8. Jackfruit is a multiple fruit formed from ____
(a) single ripened ovary (b) inflorescence
(c) flower with many free carpels (d) flower
with many partially fused carpels
9. The small projections on the surface of the
pineapple fruit represents persistent __
(a) styles (b) stamens (c) calyx (d) bract
10. A dry fruit that can break into several parts
each containing one seed is a _____
(a) capsule
(b) legume
(c) follicle
(d) schizocarp
11. What type of placentation is seen in sweet
pea? (a) marginal
(b) axile (c) basal
(d) parietal
12. A true fruit is formed from _____ (a) a
fertilised ovary (b) a fertilised ovary and
other floral parts (c) an unfertilized ovary
and other floral parts (d) a fertilised ovary
and calyx
13. The type of placentation found in tomato
fruits is _____ (a) parietal (b) free central
(c) axile (d) marginal
14. Which of the following is an example of a
caryopsis? (a) cashew nut (b) combretum
(c) millet (d) pea
DATE: ____________________________________
15. An example of a dehiscent fruit is ____
(a) crotalaria
(b) tomato
(c) mango
(d) orange
16. The term caryopsis is used to describe a fruit
in which the ____ (a) testa and pericarp are
separate (b) seed and endocarp are fused
(c) testa and pericarp are fused
(d) seed
coat and fruit wall are impermeable
17. A fruit formed from a single flower having
several free carpels is _____ fruit.
(a) a multiple
(b) a dry indehiscent
(c) a simple
(d) an aggregate
18. A dry indehiscent fruit containing one seed
and having a hairy pappus is described as
a/an _____
(a) caryopsis
(b) cypsela
(c) samara (d) achene
19. The pineapple fruit is best described as ____
(a) aggregate, succulent and indehiscent
(b) aggregate, succulent and dehiscent
(c) multiple, succulent and indehiscent
(d) multiple, succulent and dehiscent
20. The following are dry indehiscent fruits
EXCEPT ______ (a) achene (b) cypsela
(c) caryopsis
(d) schizocarp
21. Which of the following fruits is a capsule?
(a) mango (b) coconut (c) apple (d) okra
22. Follicle fruit usually dehisces along ____
(a) ventral suture
(b) dorsal suture
(c) both sutures
(d) only one of the sutures
23. Dry fruit that breaks up into many single
seeded parts is ____
(a) achenial
(b)
capsular
(c) schizocarpic (d) follicular
24. The indehiscent single seeded parts of
schizocarps are called ______ (a) cremocarp
(b) mericarps (c) exocarps (d) cocci
25. Fruit of groundnut is ________ while fruit of
okra is ______ (a) capsule, berry (b) pod,
capsule (c) capsule, pod (d) berry, capsule
26. Dry fruit formed from bilocular superior
ovary and dehiscing into two valves from
base to the apex is a/an _________________
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NAME: ____________________________________
DATE: ____________________________________
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