Q.

Read the following statements 
A) Taxonomic categories are distinct biological entities and not merely morphological aggregates
B) Cellular organisms like viruses & Acellular organisms like lichens did not find place in a Whittaker’s classification 
C) Fertilization is oogamous in members of brown algae which occurs inside female sex organ 
D) In coconut the pericarp of drupe fruit is differentiated into outer thin epicarp, a middle fleshy edible mesocarp and inner stony hard endocarp
Pick the correct pair

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a

A and D

b

B and D

c

A and C

d

B and C

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

Virus is acellular while lichen is a symbiont of algae and fungi (Cellular).

In coconut the pericarp of drupe fruit is differentiated into outer thin epicarp, a middle fibrous ,not edible mesocarp and inner stony hard endocarp.Edible part of coconut is endosperm.

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