Multiple choice

A fruit results from maturation of one or more flowers. Which among the following statements does not characterise the fruit development in angiosperms?

  1. The zygote gives rise to the endosperm.

  2. Within the megagametophyte, both the sperm unites with the egg, forming a zygote.

  3. The pericarp is often differentiated into two or three distinct layers.

  4. After pollination, a tube grows from the pollen through the stigma into the ovary.

  5. After double fertilisation, the ovules become seeds.

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Within the megagametophyte one of the two sperm unites with the egg, forming a zygote, and the second sperm enters the central cell forming the endosperm mother cell, which completes the double fertilization process.