NEETBotanyPlant Kingdom
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Unlike Gymnosperms, the Angiosperms also has naked ovules. Reason: Each embryo sac has three celled egg apparatus - two egg cells and one synergid, three antipodal cells and one polar nuclei.
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
D. Both Assertion and Reason are false
Step-by-step solution
Unlike Gymnosperms where the ovules are naked, in the Angiosperms or flowering plants, the pollen grains and ovules are developed in specialised structures called flowers. Each embryo sac has three celled egg apparatus - one egg cell and two synergids, three antipodal cells and two polar nuclei.