NEET Biology Plant Kingdom Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Assertion                :       Pinus embryo has two cotyledons. Reason                   :       Pinus shows polyembryony.

    A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

    B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion 

    C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false

    D) If both the assertion and reason are false

    E) If the assertion is false but reason is true

    Correct Answer: E

    Solution :

    In Pinus, the embryo is straight and consists of a short axis bearing a ring of about ten slender, yellow cotyledons at the end, away from the micropylar end. In Pinus, more than one embryo come from a single egg by the splitting of the product of a single fertilization, termed as cleavage polyembrony.


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