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NEET Botany Cell - The Unit of Life 2026 NEET 2026 (Re-NEET)

NEET Botany Question (2026) — Solution

Question

Cell theory was formulated by __________.

Options

  1. A. Antonie Von Leeuwenhoek
  2. B. Schleiden and Schwann
  3. C. Robert Brown
  4. D. Singer and Nicolson

Answer

B. Schleiden and Schwann

Step-by-step solution

Matthias Schleiden (1838), a German botanist, and Theodore Schwann (1839), a British zoologist, together formulated the cell theory. Antonie Von Leeuwenhoek first saw and described a live cell. Robert Brown discovered the nucleus. Singer and Nicolson proposed the fluid mosaic model of the cell membrane.

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