Question

The statements given below describe certain features that are observed in the pistil of flowers.

i. Pistil may produce more than one seed.

ii. Each carpel may have more than one ovule.

iii. Each carpel has only one ovule.

iv. Pistil have only one carpel.

Choose the statements that are true from the options below:

• A. i and iii
• B. i and ii
• C. ii and iv
• D. iii and iv

Answer 1

The correct option is B i and ii

Gynoecium of a flower:

Gynoecium or pistil of a flower is the female reproductive part of a flower being the innermost whorl and composed of carpels. The pistil consists of ovary (bearing ovules), stigma (receptor for pollen grains) and style (connects stigma and ovary). After fertilisation, the ovules transform into seeds. A pistil can have more than one carpel (bicarpellary, tricarpellary etc.). Also, a carpel can have more than one ovule having distinct arrangement in the placenta.



Final answer

(a) i and ii