Who discovered the presence of the Golgi apparatus within eukaryotic animal cells? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Who discovered the presence of the Golgi apparatus within eukaryotic animal cells?
A. Theodor Schwann
B. Santiago Ramón y Cajal
C. Robert Hooke
D. Camillo Golgi
Answer: Option D
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Italian physician Camillo Golgi discovered the cellular organelle in 1898 using a unique silver staining procedure.

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Practice More Inventions and Discoveries Questions

Question #1
The invention of the common mechanical device known as the marine depth tracker Echo Sounder was patented by whom?
A. Alexander Behm
B. Heinrich Hertz
C. Robert Watson-Watt
D. Guglielmo Marconi

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
German physicist Alexander Behm patented the sonic echo sounder depth locator apparatus in 1912 to prevent marine collisions.

Question #2
The concept of Continental Drift was proposed by which scientist in 1912?
A. James Hutton
B. Harry Hess
C. Charles Lyell
D. Alfred Wegener

Correct Answer: Option D


Explanation:
Alfred Wegener published the hypothesis that continents were once joined in a supercontinent named Pangaea and drifted apart.

Question #3
Who discovered that the element Thorium is radioactive, independently of Marie Curie's tracking experiments?
A. Henri Becquerel
B. Gerhard Carl Schmidt
C. Ernest Rutherford
D. Otto Hahn

Correct Answer: Option B


Explanation:
Gerhard Carl Schmidt discovered thorium's radioactivity in 1898, publishing his findings just weeks before Marie Curie.