Assertion: In gymnosperms, the seeds are not enclosed in a fruit.
Reason: Gymnosperms are primitive plants that do not have the advanced reproductive structures found in angiosperms.
Both assertion and reason are true, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
Both assertion and reason are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
The assertion is true, but the reason is false.
The assertion is false, but the reason is true.
This assertion is true, and the reason given is also correct. Gymnosperms do not have flowers or fruits, and their seeds are not enclosed in an ovary. Instead, they have naked seeds that are exposed on the surface of cones or scales. Hence option A is the correct answer.
Option(2) Both assertion and reason are true and the reason explains assertion correctly. Hence option 2 is incorrect.
Option(3) Both assertion and reason are true. Hence option 3 is incorrect.
Option(4) Both assertion and reason are true. Hence option 4 is incorrect.