The discovery of the cellular structure of nervous tissue using a specialized silver staining technique was developed by whom? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The discovery of the cellular structure of nervous tissue using a specialized silver staining technique was developed by whom?
A. Theodor Schwann
B. Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Camillo Golgi
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Robert Hooke
Answer: Option B
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Ramón y Cajal used Golgi's staining method to prove that neurons are separate individual cells, sharing the 1906 Nobel Prize.

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Question #1
Who is credited with the invention of the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989?
A. Bill Gates
B. Alan Turing
C. Tim Berners-Lee
D. Vint Cerf

Correct Answer: Option C


Explanation:
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 while working at CERN.

Question #2
Who discovered the precise value of the physical constant detailing the number of structural units in one mole of material?
A. Jean Perrin
B. Amedeo Avogadro
C. John Dalton
D. Max Planck

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
While the constant is named after Avogadro, Jean Perrin calculated its exact value through experimental tracking of Brownian motion, winning a Nobel Prize.

Question #3
The invention of the common household cooking device known as the Microwave Oven was an accidental discovery by whom?
A. Robert Watson-Watt
B. Theodore Maiman
C. Percy Spencer
D. Thomas Edison

Correct Answer: Option C


Explanation:
Spencer noticed a candy bar melted in his pocket in 1945 while standing near an active military radar magnetron vacuum tube.