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  4. Read the following statements. I. Generative cell is bigger and contains abundant food reserve. II. Vegetative cell is small and floats in the cytoplasm of the generative cell. III. In angiosperms various stages of reductional divisions can be studied in young anthers. IV. Hilum represents the junctions between ovule and funicle. Choose the option with correct set of statements

Q. Read the following statements.
I. Generative cell is bigger and contains abundant food reserve.
II. Vegetative cell is small and floats in the cytoplasm of the generative cell.
III. In angiosperms various stages of reductional divisions can be studied in young anthers.
IV. Hilum represents the junctions between ovule and funicle.
Choose the option with correct set of statements

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Solution:

Statements III and IV are correct. Statements I and II are incorrect and can be corrected as
• In a mature pollen grain vegetative cell is bigger and has abundant food reserve and a large irregular shaped nucleus.
• The generative cell is small and floats in the cytoplasm of vegetative cell. It is spindle-shaped with dense cytoplasm and nucleus.