Question

Like animals, plants produce

• A. Many more male gametes than female gametes
• B. A few more male gametes than female gametes
• C. Equal numbers of male gamete and female gamete
• D. Fewer male gametes than female gametes

Answer 1

The correct option is A Many more male gametes than female gametes

• Anther contains pollen sac in which microspore mother cell gives rise to four microspores that form four male gametophytes.
• Ovule formed from megaspore mother cell by meiotic division.
• One megaspore mother cell forms four megaspores and three of them degenerate and one functional megaspore forms female gametophyte.
• So a number of female gametes less than the male gamete.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A.