Inflorescence Types & Classification — NEET Biology
📚 Practice ConceptDefine the term inflorescence. Explain the basis for the different types inflorescence in flowering plants.
Assertion (A): Flowers serve as the reproductive units in flowering plants. Reason (R): A typical flower has four different kinds of whorls arranged successively on the swollen end of the stalk called thalamus or receptacle.
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Correct answer: A — If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
Both statements are true from NCERT. NCERT states “The flower is the reproductive unit in the angiosperms” (Assertion true). NCERT states “A typical flower has four different kinds of whorls arranged successively on the swollen end of the stalk or pedicel, called thalamus or receptacle” (Reason true). The Reason explains HOW flowers achieve their reproductive function - through organized structural arrangement of whorls on receptacle.
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