Question

Multinucleate condition is present in: 
A. Quiescent centre 
B. Maize
C. Meristematic tissue
D. Liquid endosperm of coconut

Answer 1

Hint: Multinucleate cells are the eukaryotic cell types that frequently have several nuclei that are housed together within a single cytoplasm. All nuclei typically divide at the same time, although this doesn't always happen. In some instances, the nuclei can divide independently of one another.


Step by step solution:
As you are aware, the process of mitosis leads to the division of cells, which also involves the division of the nucleus. Multinucleated cells are present in some stages of the life cycles of various organisms. When mitosis takes place and the cell divides together with the nucleus, these multinucleate stages appear. Some multinucleated cells in an organism divide all of their nuclei at once, but in other instances, each cell divides individually, in its own time and manner. Syncytia, or the joining of two cells, is one way that multinucleated cells can occur.
Another way is when cytokinesis fails to take place after cell division, leading to numerous nuclei in one cell. These polynucleated cells, which can also be seen in some eukaryotes—in this instance, plants—are also referred to as multinucleated cells. They are found in the endosperm part of angiosperms. The coconut water we take in our day-to-day life is nothing but a free nuclear endosperm.

So, option C is correct.
Additional information:

• • Through the process of Syncytia, multinucleated cells acquire their multiple nuclei as a result of some biological phenomena or it may also be because a pathogen has entered the body and caused the plasma membrane to fuse.

• The human body also contains these types of cells, such as osteoclasts, which aid in the maintenance and repair of the body's bones. This is accomplished by a released acid that seeks to dissolve the bone tissue. The osteoclast cells may have up to five nuclei.

• The coenocytic division is a type of cell division in which, in plants, the nucleus does not divide immediately after the development of the cell wall separating the split cells. In other words, cytokinesis does not occur after nuclear division.

Note: Plants always have plasmodesmata that connect their neighbouring cells, but you must not confuse this with the multinucleated stage. If you see a prokaryotic cell in the list of options for a multiple-choice question about multinucleated cells, you can immediately tell that it cannot be the answer because multinucleated cells are only a phenomenon of eukaryotic cells.