NEET Biology Plant Kingdom Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Assertion                :       The embryo of bryophyte is independent. Reason                   :       The zygote of thallophyte is dependent.

    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

    E) If the assertion is false but reason is true

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    In bryophytes, the zygote, on germination, does not produce the gametophyte plant. It undergoes segmentation to form an embryo. But the embryo formation and its development to sporogonium and sporophyte are dependent on gametophyte plant as the sporophyte is dependent on the gametophyte for nutrition. They remain attached organically to the gametophytic plant. In algae, the zygote is independent and it does not form the sporophyte.


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