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The fruit is chambered, developed from inferior ovary and has seeds with succulent testa in :
A
guava
B
cucumber
C
pomegranate
D
orange
Detailed Solution
The fruit of pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a special type of fleshy fruit called a balausta.
It develops from a multicarpellary, syncarpous, inferior ovary.
The fruit is divided into several chambers by thin papery septa, and the rind (pericarp) is tough and leathery.
Each seed has a juicy, succulent testa, which is the edible part of the fruit.
Guava is a berry and cucumber is a pepo; both develop from an inferior ovary, but their edible part is not a succulent testa.
Orange is a hesperidium, which develops from a superior ovary and has juicy hairs arising from the endocarp as the edible part.
So the description fits pomegranate.
It develops from a multicarpellary, syncarpous, inferior ovary.
The fruit is divided into several chambers by thin papery septa, and the rind (pericarp) is tough and leathery.
Each seed has a juicy, succulent testa, which is the edible part of the fruit.
Guava is a berry and cucumber is a pepo; both develop from an inferior ovary, but their edible part is not a succulent testa.
Orange is a hesperidium, which develops from a superior ovary and has juicy hairs arising from the endocarp as the edible part.
So the description fits pomegranate.