Asked in PMC Practice Test 7 (2021) 2021

The Compound Microscope was first used by;

Correct answer: A. A.V. Leeuwenhoek

  • A. A.V. Leeuwenhoek
  • B. Pasteur
  • C. Hans
  • D. Janssen

Explanation

The first compound microscopes date to 1590, but it was the Dutch Antony Van Leeuwenhoek in the mid-seventeenth century who first used them to make discoveries.Option B,C and D are incorrect.

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