NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Cleistogamous flowers produce assured seed-set even in the absence of pollinators Reason: Some examples of plants producing Chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers are Lily, sunflower, rose, etc
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
Cleistogamous flowers produce assured seed-set even in the absence of pollinators. Some examples of plants producing Chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers are Viola, Oxalis and Commelina etc