Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Fig fruit is a non-vegetarian fruit as it has enclosed fig wasps in it.
Statement II : Fig wasp and fig tree exhibit mutual relationship as fig wasp completes its life cycle in fig fruit and fig fruit gets pollinated by fig wasp.
In the light of the above statements, chocse the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
- A
Statement I is incorrect but statement II is correct
- B
Both statement I and statement II are correct
- C
Both statement I and statement II are incorrect
- D
Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect
Statement I: Fig is botanically a fruit pollinated by wasps; per the official key it is treated as a vegetarian fruit, so calling it “non-vegetarian” is incorrect.
Statement II: The relationship between fig wasp and fig tree is indeed mutualistic; however, the wording is faulty — the fig inflorescence / flower is pollinated by the wasp, not the “fig fruit”. Per the official key, Statement II is also considered incorrect.
Both statements are incorrect.
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