Given below are two statements : In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect
- Statement I is incorrect but statement II is correct
- Both statement I and statement II are correct
- Both statement I and statement II are incorrect
Answer
(4) Both statement I and statement II are incorrect
Solution
Statement I: The fig fruit develops from the fig inflorescence and is a plant product. Fig wasp larvae develop inside it, but that does not make the fruit 'non-vegetarian'. ⇒ Statement I is incorrect.
Statement II: As per NCERT, the fig species can be pollinated only by its partner wasp species; the female wasp pollinates the fig inflorescence while searching for suitable egg-laying sites, and uses the developing seeds within the fruit for nourishing its larvae.
∵ Pollination takes place in the flowers of the inflorescence, before the fruit is formed — a fruit is never pollinated.
⇒ 'Fig fruit gets pollinated by fig wasp' is wrong, so Statement II is incorrect.
∴ Both statement I and statement II are incorrect.
Answer: (4)