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Botany · Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

NEET (UG) 2025 — Question 148

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Statement I and the other is labelled as Statement II.

Statement I: Fig fruit is a non-vegetarian fruit as it has enclosed fig wasps in it.

Statement II: Fig wasp and fig tree exhibit a mutualistic relationship as the fig wasp completes its life cycle in the fig fruit and the fig fruit gets pollinated by the fig wasp.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. Option A:

    Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

  2. Option B:

    Both statement I and statement II are incorrect

  3. Option C:

    Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

  4. Option D:

    Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

    Correct

Answer: D

Step-by-step solution

Statement I is false: botanically, the fig is a false fruit (syconium), an inflorescence, and the term 'non-vegetarian fruit' is not a valid botanical description. Statement II is true: the fig wasp and the fig tree show mutualism; the wasp completes its life cycle within the fig while pollinating the flowers inside the syconium. Therefore Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct. The correct choice is D.

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Exam
NEET (UG) 2025
Paper
2025 paper
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Topic
Pollination

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