Per NCERT Class 9 Science, who FIRST observed cells in 1665 — using a self-designed microscope on a thin slice of cork — and gave them their name?
ARudolf Virchow
BRobert Hooke
CTheodor Schwann
DMatthias Schleiden
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Robert Hooke
Per NCERT, Robert Hooke (1665) observed cells in cork and named them. Schleiden/Schwann/Virchow developed cell theory later.
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