Question

Assertion (A): Unisexual flowers are either staminate or pistillate.

Reason (R): They are found in monoecious as well as dioecious plants.

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: a unisexual flower is staminate or pistillate, and such flowers occur on both monoecious and dioecious plants. The reason does not explain why the flowers are unisexual.