Question

Receptive part of carpel is

• A. Placenta
• B. Ovary
• C. Stigma
• D. Style

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Stigma

The correct option is C

Explanation of correct option:

1. In the center of a flower, there is a flask-shaped organ called a carpel.
2. Carpel is the female reproductive organ of the plant.
3. A carpel is made of three parts: stigma, style and ovary.
4. The upper part of the carpel is called stigma.
5. Stigma is for receiving the pollen grains from the anther of stamen during pollination.
6. Stigma is sticky so that pollen can stick to it.
7. So it is called the receptive part of the carpel.

Explanation of incorrect option:

Option A :

After implantation, a special disc-shaped tissue grows between the wall of the uterus and the embryo or fetus, called the placenta.

Option B:

The swollen part at the bottom of a carpel is called the ovary.

Option D:

Style is a tube which connects the stigma to the ovary.

Final answer: Receptive part of carpel is stigma.