Question

Assertion: The fruits of groundnuts are not nuts but underground pods.
Reason: The pods will not develop until the fertilized ovary is pushed under the soil.
A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
C. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
D. Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

Answer 1

The seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) produced after flowering from the ovary is a fruit. In particular, edible fruits have spread as a tool for seed dispersal and nutrition with the movement of humans and animals in a symbiotic relationship.

Complete answer: The groundnut is a herbaceous plant that can grow to a height of 70 cm. The flowers are yellow and there are purple spots on the largest petal, called regular, which makes it very attractive. The plant that bears the fruit is also called "peanut," an annual plant that belongs to the leguminous family and the Arachis hypogea genus, 15 to 70 cm high. The stems are slightly hairy, with branches dropping from the base that, when they meet the earth, produce roots. The flowers are bright yellow and have purple spots on one of their petals, the largest and widest known as usual. After fertilization, a 3-10 cm cut forms, eventually moving the ovary into the ground. The fruit is a pulse that grows and ripens better under the soil.
Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note: The peanut fruit is a dehiscent legume obtained from underneath the surface. Upon fertilization, by the proliferation and elongation of a unique structure called "peg" from cells just below the ovary (called intercalary meristem by some authorities), the developing pod is pushed down into the field. There are usually two seeds in the pod, each with a papery seed coat. Crude, salted and roasted peanut seeds are eaten.