NEET Biology question

Statement 1: In syconus type of fruit, the achenes formed are fewer than the total number of flowers in the inflorescence from which it is formed. Statement 2: Upper and middle flowers cannot develop into fruits.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for AssertionCorrect
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (A)

Solution

A syconus (fig) develops from a hypanthodium inflorescence that contains male flowers, sterile gall flowers and fertile female flowers; only the fertile female flowers develop into achenes, so the number of achenes formed is indeed fewer than the total

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