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NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: The portion of embryonal axis above the level of cotyledons is the hypocotyl, which terminates with the radicle or root tip. Reason: The cylindrical portion below the level of cotyledons is epicotyl that terminates at its lower end in the plumule or shoot tip

Options

  1. ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
  2. BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
  3. CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
  4. DBoth Assertion and Reason are false

Correct answer

D. Both Assertion and Reason are false

Step-by-step solution

The portion of embryonal axis above the level of cotyledons is the epicotyl, which terminates with the plumule or shoot tip. The cylindrical portion below the level of cotyledons is hypocotyl that terminates at its lower end in the radicle or root tip

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