Morphology Of Flowering Plants Root Stem And Leaf Question 317

Question: Read the assertion and reason carefully:

Assertion : Compound umbel is branched. Reason : In compound umbel, both involucre and involucels are present.

Options:

A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion

C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false

D) If both the assertion and reason are false

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

Compound umbel is branched umbel, where several small or daughter umbels arise from a common point in an umbellate fashion.

A whorl of bracts, called involucre is present at the base of the daughter umbels are called involucels.