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Which one of the following statements is correct?
1. | The seed in grasses is not endospermic |
2. | Mango is a parthenocarpic fruit |
3. | A proteinaceous aleurone layer is present in maize grain. |
4. | A sterile pistil is called a staminode. |
I. | The seed coat has two layers, the inner testa and the outer tegmen. |
II. | The hilum is a scar on the seed coat through which the developing seeds were attached to the fruit. |
III. | At the two ends of the embryonal axis are present the radicle and the plumule. |
Assertion (A): | Parthenocarpy is undesirable in nut crops, such as pistachio. |
Reason (R): | The seed is the edible part in nut crops. |
1. | (A) is False, (R) is False. |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is a correct explanation of (A). |
3. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A). |
4. | (A) is False, (R) is True. |
Statement I: | Generally, monocotyledonous seeds are non-endospermic. |
Statement II: | In the seeds of cereals such as maize, the seed coat is membranous and generally fused with the fruit wall. |
Statement III: | Monocot seeds consist of one large and shield shaped cotyledon known as scutellum. |
1. | Statement I is true; Statement II is true; Statement III is true. |
2. | Statement I is false; Statement II is false; Statement III is false. |
3. | Statement I is false; Statement II is true; Statement III is true. |
4. | Statement I is true; Statement II is false; Statement III is true. |