Question

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

• A. He observed the cork cells dividing.
• B. He observed organelles like chloroplasts and mitochondria in cork cells.
• C. He observed the dead cells of cork.
• D. He discovered the nucleus in the cell.

Answer 1

The correct option is C He observed the dead cells of cork.

In the year 1665, Robert Hooke observed cork cells under the microscope.​ Hooke saw cell walls in cork tissue and coined the term 'cells' for them, as the box-like compartments of cork reminded him of the cells of a monastery. Cell is a Latin word for ‘a little room’.