Question

Match Column I with Column II and choose the correct answers.

	Column I		Column II
A.	Coleorhiza	1.	Grapes
B.	Food storing tissue	2.	Mango
C.	Parthenocarpic fruit	3.	Maize
D.	Single seeded fruit developing from monocarpellary superior ovary	4.	Radicle
E.	Membranous seed coat	5.	Endosperm

• A. A- 3, B- 1, C- 4, D- 2, E- 5
• B. A- 4, B- 2, C- 5, D- 1, E- 3
• C. A- 5, B- 1, C- 3, D- 4, E- 2
• D. A- 1, B- 3, C- 2, D- 5, E- 4
• E. A- 4, B- 5, C- 1, D- 2, E- 3

Answer 1

The correct option is E A- 4, B- 5, C- 1, D- 2, E- 3

Coleorhizae is a sheath-like structure found in monocotyledons that connects the coleoptile to the primary root and acts as a protective covering enclosing the plumule and radicle. The endosperm is the storage tissue of the seed and provides nourishment to the growing seedling at germination. Parthenocarpy is the production of fruit without fertilization of ovules. The fruit is therefore, seedless. e.g., grapes. A drupe fruit develops from mono or multicarpellary, syncarpous, superior ovary. In these fruits, endocarp is hard and stony so these fruits are also called as stony fruits, e.g., mango, coconut, almond, peach, walnut, plum. In mango, the outermost cover is called as epicarp. Edible fleshy part is mesocarp and the part where seed is protected is called as endocarp. In the seeds of cereals, the seed coat is membranous. e.g., maize.

Thus, the correct answer is option E.