23. Assertion : Meiosis takes place in pollen mother cells. Reason : Each pollen mother cell produce 4 haploid pollen grains.

Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below :

(a)       If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

(b)       If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion 

(c)        If the assertion is true but the reason is false

(d)       If both the assertion and reason are false

(e)       If the assertion is false but reason is true

Assertion : Meiosis takes place in pollen mother cells. Reason : Each pollen mother cell produce 4 haploid pollen grains.

Ans.  (a)           Meiosis occurs in pollen mother cells. All pollen mother cells are diploid and produce haploid pollen grains after meiosis.

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