Question

Assertion (A): The megaspore mother cell divides meiotically to produce four megaspores.

Reason (R): One functional megaspore develops into a female gametophyte.

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:

Both statements are true. Meiosis produces four megaspores, and usually one functional megaspore develops into the female gametophyte; the reason describes what happens afterward, not why meiosis produces four.