Plant Kingdom Question 605

Question: Assertion : Cycas embryo has many cotyledons. Reason : Compound suspensor is formed due to fusion of suspensors of proembryos.

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: A

Solution:

In Cycas, more than one archegonium may be fertilized in the ovule.

The oospores of these develop into the pro-embryo stage.

Each proembryo may produce a suspensor.

All the suspensors twist together to form a compound suspensor.

It supports only one embryo which reaches maturity.

The mature embryo has two cotyledons plumule and the radicle embedded in a coleorhiza.