Question

Assertion – Robert Hooke discovered cells in thin slice of cork.

Reason – He named them cells as they appeared like small chambers.

Answer 1

1. Robert Hooke observed cork slice in a primitive microscope.
2. While observing, he could see that the cork was similar to a honeycomb structure which is made up of little compartments.
3. He called these little compartments “cells”.

Both assertion and reason are true and B is the correct explanation of A.