NEETBotanyPlant Kingdom
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: In some Pteridophytes, all the spores are of similar kinds; such plants are called Homosporus. Reason: Genera like Psilopsida and Lycopsida produce two kinds of spores are known as heterosporus.
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
C. Assertion is true but the Reason is false
Step-by-step solution
In majority of the Pteridophytes all the spores are of similar kinds; such plants are called Homosporus. Genera like Selaginella and Selvinia which produce two kinds of spores, macro and micro spores, are known as heterosporus.