Question

The flowers as well as the fruit of which plant can be eaten in different preparations?
1. rose, banana and apple
2. kachnar, pomegranate and mustard
3. banana, drumsticks and kachnar
4. mango, lemon and drumsticks

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : banana, drumsticks and kachnar

Concept:

• People eat different types of fruits and vegetables.
• Different parts or all parts of various plants can be eaten as food.
• In different places, different parts of a plant are eaten.
• Flowers can be used in different ways.
• Flowers can be eaten as well.
• Many flowers are cooked as vegetables.

Explanation:

Vegetable	Eatable parts
Rose	Flower
Banana	Flower and fruit
Apple	Fruit
Mustard	Leaves and seeds
Pomegranate	Fruit
Kachnar	Flower
Drumsticks	Flower and fruit
Mango	Fruit
Lemon	Fruit

• In Uttar Pradesh, people enjoy eating a vegetable made of kachnar flowers.
• In Kerala and West Bengal, people cook a vegetable made of banana flowers.
• People who are from Maharashtra love pakoras made of drumsticks(sahjan) flowers.

Thus, the flowers, as well as the fruit of banana, drumsticks and kachnar, can be eaten in different preparations.

Other uses of flower:

• Colours are made from many flowers like marigolds, zenia, etc.
  • These colours can also be used to dye cloth. 
• The Kannauj district in Uttar Pradesh is famous for Itr.
  • Itr is made from lots and lots of flowers.
  • Truckloads of flowers are brought from neighbouring areas for this purpose.
  • Itr, rose water, kewra water are prepared from flowers here.
  • Thousands of people in Kannauj are engaged in this work.