Discovery of Cells

Q.

Who is known as the father of microscopy?

1. Antony Von Leeuwenhoek

2. Robert Hooke

3. Schleiden

4. Schwann

Q. Who discovered living cells?

1. Robert Brown
2. Rudolf Virchow
3. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
4. Theodor Schwann

Q.

Which of the following instruments is used to observe cells?

1. Telescope

2. Periscope

3. Barometer

4. Microscope

Q.

The technique in which cellular components are given a colour for better observation under a microscope is called ______ .

1. Dyeing

2. Colouring

3. Staining

4. Painting

Q.

Match the discoveries with the scientist who have made it

$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Column I}& \text{Column II}\\ \text{a. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek}& \text{i. All animals are made of cells}\\ \text{b. Robert Hooke}& \text{ii. Microscope}\\ \text{c. Theodor Schwann}& \text{iii. Cork has structures like cell}\\ \text{d. Matthias Schleiden}& \text{iv. All plants are made of cells}\end{array}$

1. a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii

2. a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv

3. a-iii, b-i, c-iv, d-ii

4. a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i

Q. Who first saw and described a live cell?

1. Robert Hooke
2. Robert Brown
3. Gregor Mendel
4. Anton von Leeuwenhoek

Q.

Who is considered as the father of microbiology?

1. Charles Darwin

2. Robert Hooke

3. Leeuwenhoek

4. Robert Koch

Q. The statement Omnis cellula e cellula of Rudolf Virchow has been taken from his book

1. Cellular Pathology
2. Scala Naturae
3. Cellular Potency
4. Micrographia

Q.

who invented the electron microscope, what does it use insted of light, what magnificient is it capable of, how big is the electron microscope.

Q.

Robert Hooke was the first person who saw cells using a microscope. Which among the following options is/are true about his observation?

1. He observed the cork cells dividing.

2. He saw the cells moving around.

3. He observed organelles like chloroplasts and mitochondria in cork cells

4. He observed the dead cells of cork

Q.

Match the discoveries with the scientist who have made it
$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Column I}& \text{Column II}\\ \text{a.Anton Van Leeuwenhoek}& \text{i.All animals are made of cells}\\ \text{b. Robert Hooke}& \text{ii.Microscope}\\ \text{c.Theodor Schwann}& \text{iii. Cork has boxed structures}\\ \text{d. Matthias Schleiden}& \text{iv. All plants are made of cells}\end{array}$

1. a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii

2. a-iii, b-i, c-iv, d-ii

3. a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i

4. a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i

Q.

Who is the 'Father of Microbiology'?

1. Robert Hooke

2. M.J Schleiden

3. Robert Brown

4. Anton-Van-Leeuwenhoek

Q.

The invention of better microscopes has facilitated advancement in microbiology.

1. True

2. False

Q.

In youngs double slit experiment, the fringes are displaced by a distance y when a glass plate of refractive index 1.5 is introduced in the path of one of the beams. When this plate is replaced by another plate of same thickness, the shift of fringes 3y/2 . The refractive index of the second plate is?

Q.

Which of the following instruments can be used to observe cells?

1. Periscope

2. Telescope

3. Barometer

4. Microscope

Q. Which of the following scientists discovered cells in cork slices?

1. Robert Hooke
2. Carl Linnaeus
3. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
4. Louis Pasteur

Q. is a special equipment used to identify and visualise cells.

1. Microscope
2. Periscope
3. Telescope

Q. Matthias Schleiden proposed that all animals are made up of cells.

1. False
2. True