Question

Arrange the following discoveries regarding cells in chronological order from earliest to latest.

i. All plants and animals are made up of cells.
ii. Discovery of the microscope by Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek.
iii. Cork has structures like cell.

• A. i, ii, iii
• B. iii, ii, i
• C. ii, iii, i
• D. i, iii, ii

Answer 1

The correct option is C ii, iii, i

Correct order of the events:
$\bullet$ Discovery of the microscope by Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek.
$\bullet$ Robert Hooke observed cork slices and discovered box-like structures that he termed as cells.
$\bullet$ The cell theory for plants and animals were put forth by Theodor Schwann and Matthias Schleiden.