Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

Biology

Question:

Who discovered the cell ?

Options:

Schleiden and Schwann

Robert Brown

Robert Hooke

Mendel

Correct Answer:

Robert Hooke

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) – Robert Hooke

Cells were first discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665. He observed the cells in a cork slice with the help of a primitive microscope. Leeuwenhoek (1674), with the improved microscope, discovered the free living cells in pond water for the first time.