Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plant Question 188

Question: Read the assertion and reason carefully:

Assertion : The megaspore mother cell divide mitotically to produce four spores. Reason : Megaspore mother cells are diploid and megaspore is haploid. [AIIMS 2002]

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 the assertion is false but reason is true

Show Answer

Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

The megaspore mother cell is diploid.

This divides by meiotic division and produce four haploid megaspores.