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The scientist to first employ magnifying glass for studying living beings is

  1. Robert Hooke.

  2. Huxley.

  3. Gesner.

  4. Tolles.


Correct Option: C

The reflector of a classroom microscope is

  1. Convex lens.

  2. Concave lens.

  3. Concavo-convex lens.

  4. Plano-concave lens.


Correct Option: D

Present-day condenser of the optical microscope was developed by_________.

  1. Abbe

  2. Tolles

  3. Gesner

  4. Galileo


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Option $ - (A) $ Abbe 
The Abbe condenser is named for its investor Emst Abbe, who developed it in 1870. The Abbe condenserWhich was originally designed for Zeiss is mounted below the stage of the microscope.

Ocular lens is placed

  1. Near to the slide.

  2. On the path between reflector and object.

  3. Near to the eye.

  4. Near to the source of light.


Correct Option: C

Robert B. Tolles is famous in microscopy for the invention of

  1. Diaphragm.

  2. Stage of the microscope.

  3. Oil immersion lens.

  4. Inbuilt illumination.


Correct Option: C

Dark field microscope was invented by

  1. Lister.

  2. Zernicke.

  3. Merten et. al.

  4. Carpersson.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In 1830, J.J. Lister (the father of Joseph Lister) invented the darkfield microscope, in which the standard brightfield (Abbe) condenser is replaced with a single or double-reflecting dark field condenser.

Nose piece of a microscope is ____________.

  1. Eye piece.

  2. Capable of revolving.

  3. Site for objective.

  4. Both B and C.


Correct Option: D

What is the magnification of common oil immersion lens?

  1. $45$x

  2. $100$x

  3. $450$x

  4. $1000$x


Correct Option: B

Fluorescent screen or photographic plate is used for observation in

  1. Electron microscope.

  2. Fluorescent microscope.

  3. Ultraviolet microscope.

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: D

In which of the following microscopes direct observation is not possible?

  1. Compound microscope

  2. Dark field microscope

  3. Phase contrast microscope

  4. Ultraviolet microscope


Correct Option: D