NEET Biology Plant Kingdom Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Assertion                :       The female cones are same in number as male cones. Reason                   :       Male and female cones appears alternately on the same branch of the Pinus.

    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 :

    Female cones or ovulate cones are fewer in number and arise single or in a small cluster or two to four, each as a bud in the axial of a scale leaf towards the end of the new shoots of unlimited growth (long shoots) which do not bear the male cones.


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