AIPMT PRELIMS2006Botany-Plant Morphology

AIPMT PRELIMS 2006 Botany Fruit Types MCQ Question

Type: MCQ-conceptual-Medium-Class 11

Pineapple (ananas) fruit develops from:

A

a unilocular polycarpillary flower

B

a multipistillate syncarpous flower

C

a cluster of compactly borne flowers on a common axis

D

a multilocular monocarpillary flower

Correct Answer

Option C

Detailed Explanation

Pineapple is a multiple fruit formed from a cluster of flowers (inflorescence) that are compactly borne on a common axis.

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