Plant Kingdom Question 636
Assertion : More monocot species are known than that of dicot species. Reason : Two cotyledons are present in the dicot plants.
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:
The number of dicot species is over 200,000.
About 50,000 species of monocots are estimated to exist.
Dicots are characterised by the presence of two cotyledons in the seed, generally reticulate venation in leaves, concentric tissues in the stem with open vascular bundles arranged in a ring, pentamerous or tetramerous flowers.
Whereas monocots have a single cotyledon, parallel venation, and scattered closed vascular bundles.
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