Question

Assertion (A): Apomixis is a special type of reproduction where seeds are formed without fertilisation.

Reason (R): In apomixis a diploid egg is formed without reductional division and develops into an embryo without fertilisation.

Options

• 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

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

Explanation:

The assertion is true. The reason describes one possible route—parthenogenesis from an unreduced egg—but apomixis can also involve an embryo developing from diploid cells of the ovule, such as nucellar cells.