Question

Identify the CORRECT statement/s from the following.

i. In post-fertilization changes within the ovule, the development of embryo is followed by the development of endosperm.

ii. Helobial endosperm is intermediate between cellular and nuclear type endosperm.

iii. Helobial endosperm is mostly observed in 72 families of dicots.

Options

• i, ii and iii

• only ii

• i and ii

• only i

Answer 1

only ii

Explanation:

i. The embryo and endosperm are seen to develop simultaneously in post-fertilization alterations within the ovule.

iii. Cellular endosperm is predominantly found in 72 dicot groups.