Read the following statements.
Statement I: Drones in honeybee colony do not have sons.
Statement II: Drones are sterile haploid bees.
In the light of given statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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Statement I is incorrect but statement II is correct.

Both statement I and statement II are incorrect.

Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect.

Both statement I and statement II are correct.

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect.

Statement I is true. Drones in a honeybee colony cannot have sons. Drones are male bees whose primary role is to mate with the queen bee. Queens always give rise to female offspring, after fertilisation. unferilised egg of female intern can give rise to male. Thus, drones cannot have sons but have grandsons.

Statement II is false. Drones are not sterile, although haploid (they have only one set of chromosomes). They arise from unfertilised eggs laid by the queen bee.

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