NEETBiologySexual Reproduction in Flowering PlantsMCQ+4 / −1
Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : A typical unfertilised, angiosperm embryo sac at maturity is 8 nucleate and 7-celled.
Reason (R) : The egg apparatus has 2 polar nuclei.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- Ais true but is false
- Bis false but is true
- CBoth and are true and is the correct explanation of
- DBoth and are true but is NOT the correct explanation of
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Correct answer: A
A typical Angiosperm embryo sac, at maturity is 7 -celled and 8 nucleate.
Polar nuclei are situated below the egg apparatus in the large central cell.
Three cells are grouped together at micropylar end and constitute the egg apparatus.
Hence, A is true but R is false.
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