NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Vegetative cell is spindle shaped with dense cytoplasm and a nucleus Reason: In majority of the angiosperms, the generative cell divides mitotically to give rise to the two male gametes before pollen grains are shed
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
generative cell is spindle shaped with dense cytoplasm and a nucleus. In over 60 per cent of the angiosperms, pollen grains are shed at 2 celled stage. In the remaining species, the generative cell divides mitotically to give rise to the two male gametes before pollen grains are shed