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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.
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.
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Solution
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.
