AIIMS AIIMS Solved Paper-2015

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    Assertion (A) Female gametophyte in angiosperm is eight nucleate. Reason (R) Double fertilisation occurs in angiosperms. Each of these questions contains two statements. Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Each of these questions also has four alternative choices, only one of which is the correct answer. You have to select one of the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below.

    A) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion.

    B) if both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.

    C) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.

    D) If both Assertion and Reason are false.

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Both assertion and reason are true, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion as in the second phase of development of female gametophyte. the surviving haploid megaspore undergoes mitosis to produce an eight nucleate, seven-cell female gametophyte also known as the megagametophyte or embryo sac.


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