Question

Assertion: Chasmogamous flowers require pollinating agents.
Reason: Cleistogamous flowers do not expose their sex organs.
(a) Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
(b) Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
(c) Assertion is true but Reason is false
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false

Answer 1

Answer:

(b) Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

Explanation:

The majority of angiosperms bear chasmogamous flowers, which means the flowers expose their mature anthers and stigma to the pollinating agents. There is another group of plants which set seeds without exposing their sex organs. Such flowers are called cleistogamous and the phenomenon cleistogamy.