Which of the following fruits is chambered , developed from inferior ovary , and has seeds with succulent testa ?

Options

A. pomegranate
B. orange
C. guava
D. cucumber

Answer

A

Explanation

Balausta is special type of false or pseudocarpic berry, that develops from multilocular, syncarpous inferior ovary. The whole fruit is enclosed by a hard rind made up of exocarp (epicarp fused with thalamus) and part of mesocarp. Plate-like infoldings are developed by mesocarp. The papery endocarp covers the individual group of seeds. The seeds possess bright red juicy testa that form edible part of fruit, e.g. pomegranate.
The fruit of cucumber is pepo. In this the exocarp is not separable from mesocarp and the seeds from placentae.
The fruit of guava is berry. A berry is pulpy, indehiscent, few to multiseeded fruit derived from multicarpellary syncarpous gynoecium.
The fruit of orange is hesperidium. It develops from multicarpellary, syncarpous, multilocular, superior ovary with axile placentation.