AIIMS 2008
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2008
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Morphology of Flowering Plants
AIIMS 2008 · Botany · Morphology of Flowering Plants
Assertion : Maize is an albuminous seed. Reason : Endosperm is...
Assertion : Maize is an albuminous seed.
Reason : Endosperm is completely absorbed by its growing embryo.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
C. If assertion is true but reason is false
Step-by-step solution
Any seed which contains endosperm or perisperm at maturity is called albuminous or endospermic seed i.e., food reserve of the seed is stored in endosperm or perisperm, e.g. rubber, coconut, castor bean, maize and other cereals. Seed that does not have endosperm at maturity and in which cotyledons absorb food reserve from endosperm during development and act as storage organs is called exalbuminous or nonendospermic seed, e.g., mustard, groundnut, bean, pea etc.