Necessity of meiosis I is

to reduce the number of chromosomes

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to induce haploidy of DNA

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to increase number of cells

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none of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B to induce haploidy of DNA
The actual reduction of diploid to haploid takes place at the end of Meiosis I. The two daughter cells now get duplicated in Meiosis II.

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