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Living cells were discovered by

(a) Robert Hooke

(b) Purkinje

(c) Leeuwenhoek

(d) Robert Brown

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Answer : (c)

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. So, Robert Hooke discovered dead cell but Leeuwenhoek was responsible for the discovery of living cells.

Therefore, option (c) is correct.

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