Q. Which of the following is/are true for cells?

1. Cells were first discovered by Robert Hooke in 1655.
2. Robert observed the cells in a cork slice with the help of a primitive microscope.
3. Leeuwenhoek (1674), with the improved microscope, discovered the free living cells in pond water for the first time

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Answer: Only 2 and 3
Notes: Cells were first discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665. He observed the cells in a cork slice with the help of a primitive microscope. Leeuwenhoek (1674), with the improved microscope, discovered the free living cells in pond water for the first time. It was Robert Brown in 1831 who discovered the nucleus in the cell. Purkinje in 1839 coined the term ‘protoplasm’ for the fluid substance of the cell.

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