AIIMS 2017 Botany Reproductive Structures MCQ Question

In Cycas, a dioecious plant, male cones (microsporangiate strobili) and megasporophylls (female reproductive structures) are borne on separate individual plants, making option C accurate. Option A is incorrect because in Cycas, ovules are found on separate megasporophylls, not in the same sporophyll as microsporangia. Option B is also incorrect as microsporophylls and megasporophylls are not present in the same cone; they are located in different cones. Lastly, option D misrepresents the arrangement, as it correctly states that male and female structures are on separate plants, but does not specify the correct terminology for the cones involved.