NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: In few species such as apple, strawberry, cashew, etc., the thalamus also contributes to fruit formation, such fruits are called false fruits Reason: Parthenocarpic fruits are fruits which develop after fertilisation.
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 few species such as apple, strawberry, cashew, etc., the thalamus also contributes to fruit formation, such fruits are called false fruits. Parthenocarpic fruits are fruits which develop without fertilisation. Banana is such example.