Given below are two statements : One labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R: In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Answer
(2) A is true but R is false
Solution
A is true: in gymnosperms the pollen grains are released from the microsporangium and carried by air currents (anemophily).
R is false: the air currents carry the pollen grains to the opening of the ovule (micropyle), not to the archegonia. There a pollen tube is formed, which carries the male gametes towards the archegonia and discharges them near the mouth of the archegonia.
Answer: (2)