Q.122) 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 ofthe above statements, choose 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
Fig fruits are not non-vegetarian — the wasps usually die after pollination, but they get digested and are not harmful or “non-vegetarian.” However, fig wasps and fig trees do have a mutual relationship where the wasp pollinates the fig and also completes its life cycle inside the fruit.
Hence, the correct answer is option (1).