NEET 2025
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2025
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
NEET 2025 · Botany · Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A)...
Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Both wind and water pollinated flowers are not very colourful and do not produce nectar.
Reason (R) : The flowers produce enormous amount of pollen grains in wind and water pollinated flowers.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Options
- ABoth and are true and is the correct explanation of
- BBoth and are true but is NOT the correct explanation of
- C is true but is false
- D is false but is true
Correct answer
B. Both and are true but is NOT the correct explanation of
Step-by-step solution
Both wind and water pollinated flowers are not very colourful and do not produce nectar, this is because they rely on wind and water to carry their pollen. Wind and water pollinated flower do not need to attract insect, so they did not evolve to produce bright coloured flower.