Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Question:

Select the seeds with perisperm from the following options.

Options:

Pea and groundnut

Maize and black pepper

Beet and castor

Beet and black pepper

Correct Answer:

Beet and black pepper

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Beet and black pepper 

Perisperm is a layer of nutritive tissue in the seed of certain flowering plants that are derived from the nucellus and surrounds the embryo. In seeds of some plants remnants of a nucellus is persistent. This residual, persistent nucellus is called perisperm. Perisperm is found in the seeds of a variety of plants, including black pepper and beet.