Assertion: If pollen mother cells has 42 chromosomes, the pollen has only 21 chromosomes.
Reason: Pollens are formed after meiosis in pollen mother cell.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If the Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
(e) If the Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.
Explanation:
Pollen mother cells undergo meiosis and produce pollen grains. The pollen grains have haploid number of chromosomes.