Q. 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:
A) Both statement I and statement II are correct
B) Both statement I and statement II are incorrect
C) Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect
D) Statement I is incorrect but statement II is correct
Explanation
[Solution by Claude - not from source] The key marks both statements incorrect. My reading: the wasps live in the fig inflorescence (syconium), and calling the fig a non-vegetarian fruit is not accepted; in Statement II the flowers, not the fruit, are what the wasp pollinates. This reasoning is my inference, not from the key. Answer (2), as in the answer key.
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