Question

Assertion (A): In flowering plants, the zygote is formed inside the ovule.

Reason (R): Zygote is formed by the fusion of a male and a female gamete.

Options

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

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

Explanation:

Both statements are true. The reason defines how a zygote forms but does not explain why its location in flowering plants is inside the ovule.