Question

Assertion (A): Nuclear endosperm is formed by successive nuclear divisions without cell wall formation.

Reason (R): The coconut water from tender coconut is cellular endosperm and surrounding white kernel is free nuclear endosperm.

विकल्प

• Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion.

• Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of assertion.

• Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.

• Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are false.

Answer 1

Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.

Explanation:

The assertion is true: free-nuclear endosperm forms when nuclei divide without immediate cell-wall formation. The reason is false because coconut water is free-nuclear endosperm, while the white kernel is cellular endosperm.