Question: 157. 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, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(1) Both statement I and statement II are correct
(2) Both statement I and statement II are incorrect
(3) Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect
(4) Statement I is incorrect but statement II is correct
Answer: Option (2)
Explanation:
Statement I is incorrect because fig fruits are not considered non-vegetarian.
Although the fig wasp helps in pollination, the wasp usually dies after completing its life cycle, and its body is broken down by plant enzymes.
There is no intact wasp present inside the fruit that would make it “non-vegetarian.”
Statement II is also incorrect because the mutualistic relationship occurs between the fig wasp and the fig inflorescence (syconium), not the fig fruit.
Pollination happens before the fruit develops. The wasp completes its life cycle inside the syconium, not inside the mature fruit.
Since both statements are incorrect, the correct option is (2).
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