Given below are two statements one is labelled as Assertion(A) and other is labelled as Reasoning (R).
Assertion (A) :In gymnosperms pollen grains are released from the microsporangium and carried by air currents
Reasoning (R): Air currents carry the pollen grains to the mouth of the archegonium where the male gametes are discharged and pollen tube is not formed.

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.Both (A) and ( R) are true but ( R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)

(A) is true but ( R) is false.

(A) is false but ( R) is true.

Both (A) and ( R) are true and ( R) is the correct explanation of (A)

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Gymnosperms have a naked ovule. Pollination is direct as the pollen grains are carried by wind and discharged at the mouth of the ovules located on megasporophylls. The pollen tube grows and carries the male gametes towards archegonia in the ovules and discharge their contents near the mouth of the archegonia.

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