NEET 2025
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2025
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Plant Kingdom
NEET 2025 · Botany · Plant Kingdom
Which one of the following is the characteristic feature of...
Which one of the following is the characteristic feature of gymnosperms?
Options
- ASeeds are enclosed in fruits
- BSeeds are naked
- CSeeds are absent
- DGymnosperms have flowers for reproduction
Correct answer
B. Seeds are naked
Step-by-step solution
The gymnosperms (Gymnos : naked, sperma seed) are plants in which the ovules are not enclosed by an ovary wall and remains exposed, both before and after fertilization. The seeds that develop post-fertilization, are not covered, i.e., naked.