Question

Assertion (A): The decision that the plant is going to flower is taken much before the actual flowering takes place.
Reason (R): Various hormonal and structural changes take place only after initiation of flowering.
Select the appropriate option:

• A. Both assertion and reason are correct statements and reason is the correct explanation of the assertion
• B. Both assertion and reason are correct statements and reason is an incorrect explanation of the assertion
• C. Only assertion is correct
• D. Both assertion and reason are incorrect

Answer 1

The correct option is C Only assertion is correct

The decision that a plant is going to flower takes place much before the actual flowering takes place. Several hormonal and structural changes are initiated prior to the initiation of flowering.
Floral primordia grow into floral buds that are borne on inflorescence and flowering occurs.
Thus only assertion is correct whereas the reason is incorrect.