Question

A fruit can be classified as a dry fruit when:

• A. the fruit is not pulpy
• B. the pericarp encloses the seed
• C. the fruit is sun-dried
• D. the fruit grows in the summer season

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B)

The correct options are
A the fruit is not pulpy
B the pericarp encloses the seed

There are two categories of simple fruits — dry fruit and fleshy fruit. Dry fruits are called so because they are not pulpy, and their pericarp (fruit wall) encloses the seed and is not differentiated into layers.
Fleshy fruits are simple fruits with fleshy pericarp and have distinct layers within them.