Question

Assertion: The first cell of the suspensor towards the micropyle in a dicot embryo becomes swollen to form the haustorium.

Reason: The haustorium absorbs food material for the developing embryo.

Options

• Both the assertion and the reason are true, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

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

• Assertion is true but the reason is false.

• Both assertion and reason are false.

Answer 1

Both the assertion and the reason are true, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.