Q.

Given below are two statements:
Statement-I : Mitosis accomplishes only the segregation of duplicated chromosomes into daughter nuclei but the cell is not
divided into two daughter cells.
Statement-II : A very significant contribution of mitosis is cell repair. In the light of the above statements, 
choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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a

Statement I is false but Statement II is true

b

Both Statement I and Statement II are false 

c

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

d

Both Statement I and Statement II are true

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Mitosis accomplishes not only the segregation of duplicated chromosomes into daughter nuclei (karyokinesis), but the cell itself is divided into two daughter cells by the separation of cytoplasm called cytokinesis at the end of which cell division gets completed.

A very significant contribution of mitosis is cell repair.

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