Who discovered the presence of the cellular mitochondria organelle, naming them 'bioblasts' before they were renamed? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

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Who discovered the presence of the cellular mitochondria organelle, naming them 'bioblasts' before they were renamed?
A. Carl Benda
B. Richard Altmann
C. Camillo Golgi
D. Robert Hooke
Answer: Option B
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Richard Altmann identified the structures in 1890; Carl Benda later coined the exact term 'mitochondria' in 1898.
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Sir Isaac Newton published the Universal Law of Gravitation in his monumental work 'Principia Mathematica' in 1687.
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Johannes Kepler formulated the three laws of planetary motion in the early 17th century.
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Gregor Mendel is known as the father of modern genetics for his discovery of the basic laws of heredity through breeding pea plants.
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