Food: Fruits and Vegetables

Q. Some plants have two or more edible parts.

1. True
2. False

Q.

Select the odd one out. (a) Olive (b) Lichi (c) Egg (d) Apple

Q.

The edible part in the fruit of litchi is

1. Mesocarp

2. Aril

3. Fleshy thalamus

4. Cotyledons

Q. Parts of all plants are edible.

1. True
2. False

Q.

Give examples of food which are obtained from following parts of plants:

Roots

Q. Some plants have one or more edible parts.

1. True
2. False

Q. Fruit develops from the _______ after fertilisation.

1. ovary
2. petal
3. stamen
4. ovule

Q.

What is a fruit? Name various parts of a fruit.

Q. Which of the following plant parts are edible?

1. Flowers
2. All the above
3. Fruits
4. Seeds

Q.

Banana is true fruit , but also a parthenocarpic fruit . give reason

Q.

Which of the following plant leaves are edible?

1. Apple

2. Spinach

3. Mango

4. Guava

Q. Almost all the parts of a plant are edible.

1. True
2. False

Q.

Parts of the plant that arise exclusively from the ovary of the flower are called fruits.

1. False
2. True

Q. Radish is a modified ______.

1. Shoot
2. Fruit
3. Seed
4. Root

Q.

Tomato is a fruit but potato is not, why?

1. It develops from the roots

2. It develops from the ovules

3. It is a seed-bearing structure

4. It develops from the ovary

Q. Capsicum is not a fruit.

1. True
2. False

Q. Define "nutrients". [1 mark]

Q. Radish is a modified :

1. Roots
2. Stem
3. Leaves
4. Flower

Q. Potato is an underground stem.

1. False
2. True

Q. _______ of spinach is used as food.

1. Flowers
2. Roots
3. Leaves
4. Stems

Q.

Given below is the list of edible plants.

(i) Banana (ii) Pumpkin

(iii) Ladys finger (iv) Brinjal

Which pair of the plants has two or more edible parts?

1. (i) and (ii)

2. (ii) and (iii)

3. (iii) and (iv)

4. (i) and (iv)

Q. Carrot and radish are modified roots.

1. True
2. False

Q.

Some plants have two or more edible parts. True or false?

1. False
2. True

Q. Which part withers/falls off after fertilization in flower?

1. Sepals
2. Petals
3. Stamens
4. All of the above

Q. Which parts in ginger and onion are edible?

Q.

Carrot is an edible root. Hence, it is classified as a _________.

1. flower

2. vegetable

3. fruit

4. seed