Assertion: Gymnosperms do not produce fruit
Reason: In gymnosperms, cuticle of leaves is thin.

Options

A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B. if both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
C. if assertion is true but reason is false.
D. if both assertion and reason are false.

Answer

C

Explanation

The gymnosperms are plants in which the ovules are not enclosed by any ovary wall and remains exposed. Both before and after fertilisation. The seeds that develop post-fertilisation, are not covered,i.e.,are naked. After fertilisation,zygote developes into an embryoand oveules into naked seeds.