Given below is a list of plants. Count the number of plants which have (i) endospermic and (ii) non-endospermic seeds.

Wheat, Pea, Bean, Rice, Castor, Groundnut, Coconut, Maize

Q. Read the following statements and find out the incorrect statement.

a. Embryo development precedes endosperm development.
b. Though the seeds differ greatly the early stages of embryo development (embryogeny) are similar in both monocotyledons and dicotyledons.
c. A typical dicotyledonous embryo consists of an embryonal axis and two cotyledons.
d. Endosperm may either be completely consumed by the developing embryo (e.g., castor and coconut) before seed maturation or it may persist in the mature seed (e.g., wheat, rice, maize, pea, groundnut and beans).
e. The coconut water from tender coconut is cellular endosperm and the surrounding while kernel is the nuclear endosperm.

Q. Select the seeds that have separate endosperm.
(a) Maize (b) Onion (c) Rice (d) Bean

Q. Assign the seeds to their respective categories :
(a) Maize
(b) Mustard
(c) Pea
(d) Endospermic
(e) Non endospermic

Q. How many of the following seeds are ex-albuminous?
Wheat, Maize, Pea, Barley, Groundnut, Castor