Question

Rice and wheat grain is

• A. Fruit
• B. Seed
• C. Embryo
• D. Dried bud

Answer 1

The correct option is A Fruit

Wheat and rice is a fruit. The fruit of these cereals is caryopsis. A caryopsis is a type of simple dry fruit that is monocarpellate and indehiscent and resembles an achene, except that in a caryopsis the pericarp is fused with the thin seed coat. The caryopsis is popularly called as a grain and is the fruit typical of the family Poaceae (or Gramineae), which includes wheat, rice and corn. The term grain is also used in a more general sense as synonymous with cereal. Considering that the fruit wall and the seed are intimately fused into a single unit, and the caryopsis or grain is a dry fruit, little concern is given to technically separating the terms fruit and seed in these plant structures.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.