Question

The ovary of a flower grows into a fruit,
(a) True
(b) False

Answer 1

Hint: Flowers are the reproductive organs of the plants. The female part of the flower are the ovaries which contain the ovules. The ovules later develop into the seeds while the ovaries are converted into a soft protective covering.

Complete answer:
Ovaries are the female reproductive organ of the flower or gynoecium. They bear ovules which give rise to seeds. After the fertilization, ovules form the seeds while the ovaries mature or ripen to form protective structures which are the fruits.
These fruits are the seed bearing structures of the plants. These fruits are helpful to attract the vector animals and thus help in seed dispersal. Fruits can be formed from one ovary of a single flower or by multiple flowers together. In many species of plants, the fruit incorporates some surrounding tissues or is dispersed with certain non- fruit tissues.
- Ovules are attached to the parts of the interior walls of the ovaries called placentae. - Ovaries of some types of fruits are dehiscent, i.e. the ovarian walls split open into sections on maturation along a built- in line of weakness. - This is done as a means of seed dispersal along with other mechanisms like propagation with the movements of humans and animals - These fruits are formed only after the flowering in the
So, the answer is, “True”.

Note: Fruits are seen only in angiosperms as flowers and ovaries are seen only in the angiosperms. Gymnosperms are non- flowering plants and hence they lack ovaries or flowers and fruits. Gymnosperms have pines or cones that bear ovules which act as reproductive organs.