This question was dropped/deleted by RPSC in the final answer key due to printing/typographical errors where decimals were erroneously placed in front of whole numbers (printed as 0.7°C - 0.10°C instead of 7°C - 10°C; mango chilling injury occurs below 10-13°C).

• 0.7°C: Typographical distortion of 7°C.
• 0.8°C: Typographical distortion of 8°C.
• 0.9°C: Typographical distortion of 9°C.
• 0.10°C: Typographical distortion of 10°C.

Using Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) with polymeric films that create elevated CO2 (3-5%) and reduced O2 (2-5%) levels, green mature bananas maintain postharvest quality safely for 15 days at ambient storage.

• 10 days: Standard shelf life in ventilated polybags.
• 12 days: Intermediate period.
• 15 days: Accepted postharvest standard duration under MAP storage for green bananas before forced ripening.
• 18 days: Exceeds safe limit without in-package senescence or anaerobic fermentation.

Ber (Ziziphus mauritiana) produces orthodox seeds capable of surviving desiccation down to low moisture (<5%) and sub-zero temperature storage without loss of viability; mango, jackfruit, and litchi are recalcitrant.

• Ber: Classical orthodox fruit seed with a stony endocarp that withstands severe drying and long-term cold storage.
• Jackfruit: Recalcitrant seed that dies if dried below critical moisture (~30%).
• Litchi: Highly recalcitrant tropical seed with rapid loss of viability upon desiccation.
• Mango: Recalcitrant seed stone that cannot tolerate drying or chilling below 10°C.