NEET Biology question

Statement 1: Exine of a pollen grain is made up of sporopollenin which is resistant to high temperature, strong acid or alkali as well as enzymatic degradation. Statement 2: Sporopollenin is absent in the region of germpores.

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

Answer: (B)

Solution

Both statements are true — the exine is indeed made of highly resistant sporopollenin, and sporopollenin is genuinely absent at the germ pores — but the absence of sporopollenin at the germ

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